It’s a Drobo, so by definition it’s easy-to-use. Now it’s also the fastest portable storage array—with cutting-edge Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity and innovative use of solid state drives (SSDs). Along with the power of BeyondRAID, it delivers all the power and flexibility of its larger sibling, Drobo 5D, in a miniaturized package.

Drobo Mini has everything that’s in the high-capacity Drobo 5D in a package that’s the size of a deli sandwich. Made of a cutting-edge metallic carbon fiber with a soft-touch rubberized finish, Drobo Mini is small, rugged, and feels as cool as it looks. From the modern materials to the wraparound light indicators to the drive bay design, Mini is truly big storage in a small box.

Weighing in at 3 pounds fully loaded with drives installed, you can now carry up to 3TB of usable and protected capacity in your travel bag. To make Drobo Mini as portable as possible, there’s an optional carrying case that holds the Drobo, power supply, and a connectivity cable.

First Drobo with 2.5” Drives

Drobo Mini takes 2.5” drives—that’s what makes it portable. Four hot-swappable drive bays support drives of any capacity. No carriers or screws are needed to insert drives into a Drobo and the Drobo Mini is no different. An innovative new design allows drives to click in and out like a ballpoint pen. Since 2.5” drives are primarily used in laptop computers, they’re designed to be portable. Because of this, you can pick up and move Drobo Mini around with confidence.

Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB

Thunderbolt I/O technology provides performance that no personal storage has been able to achieve, especially one that’s portable. This allows you to move large amounts of data in a fraction of the time it used to take. Visit the Thunderbolt technology site to learn more about this exciting new way to connect devices.

Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. This allows even the most portable laptop computers access to high-performance storage while retaining connectivity to other devices and an external monitor. The bidirectional 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum throughput. Drobo is the only storage array that offers Thunderbolt AND USB 3.0. This latest generation of USB also offers high-performance connectivity and is backward compatibility with any computer running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows.

Drobo protects data from drive failure, allows incremental capacity increases, and eliminates the complexities of RAID based systems. Connects via FireWire 800 or USB 2.0. You can start with two drives and grow to four. To increase capacity, just add a drive, or replace a drive with a larger one.

Drobo FS is a five-drive storage array designed to deliver the best file sharing experience for connected home, home office, and small office environments. Featuring automated data protection and the ability to add capacity and features as needed, Drobo FS delivers true plug and share network storage without complexity.

Drobo B800fs is an eight-drive storage array designed to deliver the best file sharing and offsite backup experience for small businesses. By combining “plug and share” simplicity with Drobo Sync for automated backup, Drobo B800fs is perfect for any small office environment that needs network storage and offsite backup without complexity.

Drobo B1200i is an iSCSI storage array designed for small and medium business (SMB) IT that delivers a level of automation and technical sophistication usually reserved for more expensive storage solutions. Featuring up to twelve-drive capacity and a modular hardware design, it provides the requisite scalability and availability for today's virtualized environments.