Drobo FS NAS

With a company name that sounds like a character out of Lord of the Rings, but is actually a city in Ghana, the Drobo FS doesn’t necessarily fill you with inspiration at first look. However dig a bit deeper and you will find positive reviews and general all round niceness for this 5 bay NAS. If your interest is piqued then read on.

Drobo FS features and specifications

* 1 x Gb Ethernet Interface
* 3.5-inch SATA drives
* BeyondRAID
* 5 bays
* 150 x 185 x 262 mm
* 3629 g
* talks nicely to Windows machines, Macs and UNIX/Linux boxes
* Self-Healing Technology - When idle, the unit will proactively examine the blocks and sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas
* Single or Dual Drive protection
* Drobo dashboard management

Here’s Drobo’s video spiel for you to check out

Drobo FS reviews

Amazon Drobo FS 5-bay Gbe Storage Array reviews

Pros - painless setup, flexible
Cons - not quick

If you’re looking for a quick setup NAS with tons of flexibility but not too worries about speed then Drobo FS is probably right up your alley. We give it a big Our Picks thumbs up.

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