Designed for small and medium businesses (SMB), the 72TB (12 x 6TB HDD) B1200i 12-Bay iSCSI NAS Server from Drobo helps provide reliable, high-performance, and self-optimizing storage for server virtualization, email, and data protection. It is able to integrate into TCP/IP networks using its four Gigabit Ethernet ports, one of which is reserved for management, and utilizes the iSCSI protocol to provide simple and powerful storage for your IT environment.
The Drobo B1200i has twelve 3.5" drive bays which are able to support twelve SATA III/II/I hard drives, twelve SAS II/I hard drives, or up to three 2.5" solid state drives and up to nine hard drives. While the drive bays are 3.5", no tools or carriers are required for 2.5" drives. Within its twelve drive bays, this Drobo B1200i is equipped with 12 x 6TB hard drives, for a total storage capacity of 72TB.
The Drobo B1200i has also been built on BeyondRAID technology. If there are any empty drive bays, BeyondRAID allows additional drives to be inserted into the array, where they will be automatically configured. If all drive bays are occupied, simply replace the smallest capacity drive with a larger one and BeyondRAID will handle the rest. BeyondRAID is also what allows drives of varying capacities to work in the same unit, which helps enable future expansion as larger drives become available.
Built with a 3U rackmount form factor and controlled using Drobo's Dashboard software, the B1200i is powered using dual redundant and hot-swappable 100/240 VAC power supplies that operate at 8/5A and 50/60 Hz. It is compatible with Windows, Mac, Red Hate Enterprise Linux, and WMware vSphere. Included are 2 x 6' power cords with power supplies and rackmount parts. This NAS Array is protected by a limited 1-year warranty.
Capacity | 72 TB (12 x 6 TB HDD) |
Drives and Expansion | - 12 x 3.5" SATA III/II/I and SAS II/I hard drives or 2 to 3 SSDs (with up to 9 hard drives) - Drives of almost any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools are required - Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones |
Connectivity | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet ports (one dedicated to management) |
BeyondRAID Features | - Thin Provisioning - Instant Expansion - Mixed Drive Size Utilization - Automatic Protection Levels - Single - or Dual-Disk Redundancy - Virtual Hot Spare - Data Aware - Drive Re-ordering |
Management | - Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, and status lights - Drobo Dashboard version 2.0 or later |
Operating System Support | - Mac OS X 10.7 and higher - Windows 8.1, 8, 7, XP SP3, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2003 (32/64-bit) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Intel only) - VMware vSphere 5.0 - 6.0 (ESXi) |
File System Options | - Mac OS X: HFS+ - Windows: NTFS - Linux: ext3 - VMware: VMFS3, VMFS5 |
Network Protocols | - iSCSI - CHAP Authentication |
Ethernet Features | - Connection Failover - Jumbo frames (up to 9,000 bytes MTU) |
Hardware Features | - Carrier-less Drive Bays - Field replaceable controller card, power supplies and cooling fan unit |
Additional Software Features | - Automated Data-Aware Tiering (available in firmware version 1.1.0 or higher) - Smart Volumes (LUNs, up to 255) - Maximum System Capacity: 128 TB - Maximum Filesystem Volume Size: 64 TB - Drive Spin Down |
Power and Cooling | - Dual, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies: AC Input - 100/240 VAC, 8/5 A, 50/60 Hz - Redundant, hot swappable cooling unit |
Environmental Specifcations | Operating Temperature: 50 to 95°F / 10 to 35°C Non-Operating Temperature (storage): 14 to 140°F / -10 to 60°C Operating Humidity: 20 - 80% |
Certifications | - Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, REACH - Regulatory: FCC Part 15 Class A; Canada ICES-003 Class B; CE Mark; CISPR22 Class B; MIC Mark; VCCI Approval to V.3; BSMI Approval to CNS13438; ACA Approval to AS/NZS 3548 - Safety: UL, cUL, TUV, CB |
Size and Weight | - 3U Rack Mount Form Factor - Dimensions: 17.17 x 5.20 x 21.85" / 436.12 x 132.08 x 554.99 mm - Weight: 47.0 lb / 21.3 kg (without hard drives or power supply) |
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