Data Robotics - Community Contributions
Drobo Goes Traveling
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on August 25, 2008 6:39 PM
I am frequently asked if there is a safe way to transport Drobo. Most recently I have been asked this by photographers who want to take Drobo into the field for a shoot, and from...
Drobo Management Interface Protocol Resource Package (DMIP-RP) Details
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Data Robotics
on June 18, 2008 12:22 PM
Drobo responds to management queries and commands in the form of SCSI requests. Documents in this package describe how to formulate these requests and interpret the results. This low-level protocol depends on host support for...
Drobo Management Interface Protocol Resource Package (DMIP-RP) (ZIP)
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Data Robotics
on June 18, 2008 12:19 PM
For anyone interested in developing Drobo management applications, especially on platforms other than Microsoft Windows, this package provides crucial information. The package includes documentation that explains the low-level protocol used by management applications to communicate...
Windows Capacity Filter (ZIP)
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Data Robotics
on June 18, 2008 12:13 PM
Helps to provide the host OS with accurate capacity information, hiding the fact that Drobo is formatted as a 2TiB or larger volume. Sample program for Transport Manager.
TransportManager API Resource Package for Windows (TM-RP) Full Details
Download Discussion started by
Data Robotics
on June 18, 2008 12:08 PM
This package aims to facilitate third-party development of management applications for Drobo. Such applications can supplement or replace functionality offered by the Drobo Dashboard. One example is the Capacity Filter which helps to provide the...
TransportManager API Resource Package for Windows (TM-RP) (ZIP)
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Data Robotics
on June 18, 2008 12:06 PM
This package helps anyone with C/C++ programming skills to write custom Drobo applications like the popular Capacity Filter, a handy utility that reports accurate capacity information to the OS. Development is made easy using the...
Fuppes UPnP/DLNA (ZIP)
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Data Robotics
on June 17, 2008 4:56 PM
REQUIRES DroboShare SDK FUPPES is a free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server. It supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and image formats. FUPPES also includes...
Data Robotics SDK (ZIP)
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Data Robotics
on June 17, 2008 2:00 PM
The DroboShare SDK provides you with special firmware for your DroboShare that supports the installation of application packages allowing you to run your code on DroboShare. The special DroboShare firmware contains additional debug capabilities, documentation...
Q&A About Using Drobo's Large Volume Sizes
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on April 18, 2008 6:08 PM
Q: What is a “volume”? A: The term volume is used to refer to a pool of storage that Drobo makes available to the operating system. With firmware release 1.1.1 Drobo allows users the ability...
Last Post: August 25, 2008 3:05 PM by Judy
Q&A About Time Machine, Time Capsule, and Drobo
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on March 28, 2008 12:13 PM
Q: Can I use Drobo as a backup target for Time Machine? A: Yes. The two are a perfect combination. Time Machine requires an external drive such as Drobo to work. Drobo protects you from...
Last Post: July 31, 2008 5:24 AM by mikeand
DroboShare Mounting Guidelines and Troubleshooting
By
Data Robotics
on March 11, 2008 11:06 AM
March 11, 2008 DroboShare users are reporting that Drobo does not automatically mount or that they can not see Drobo after connecting it to DroboShare. This can be caused by: Unsafe Drobo Shutdown : Some...
Last Post: June 15, 2008 10:01 PM by Zealoot
Note On DroboShare Setup Procedures
Thread started by
Data Robotics
on March 7, 2008 6:35 PM
March 7, 2008 DroboShare users are reporting that Drobo does not automatically mount or that they can not see Drobo after connecting it to DroboShare. This can be caused by: · Unsafe Drobo Shutdown :...
How do I backup my Drobo?
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on February 26, 2008 5:13 PM
How Do I Backup My Drobo? Are you asking “How should I back up my Drobo?” or “How can I back up Drobo to an offsite system?” or “How should I back up my computer(s)...
Last Post: June 21, 2008 10:49 AM by PaulUK
1.1.1 Drobo Firmware, DroboShare Firmware & Drobo Dashboard Release Notes
By
Data Robotics
on February 22, 2008 12:01 PM
On Febraury 21st, 2008 Data Robotics released the fifth Firmware and Dashboard update for the Drobo Data Storage Robot. Within the update includes several fixes to previously reported bugs, and several new enhancements. Read on to learn more about what's new and improved in 1.1.1...
Competing Against Complexity
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on January 14, 2008 11:14 AM
Today, January 14, Data Robotics announced DroboShare, a companion product for sharing Drobo over Gigabit Ethernet. Now, for the first time, setting up a networked storage system is as simple as using an external hard...
Last Post: January 31, 2008 9:41 AM by Davids8477
How Does Drobo Protect My Data?
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on December 18, 2007 5:37 PM
Drobo was designed to protect your data from multiple risk factors. These include: Hard and Soft Drive failure Environmental Risks Human Error Supply Risks Manufacturing Quality Variances Let’s investigate each of these in more detail....
How to: Using Time Machine and Drobo
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on November 30, 2007 6:23 PM
Time Machine backs up your system files, but what makes Time Machine different from other backup applications is that it not only keeps a spare copy of every file, it remembers how your system looked...
How To: Using Time Machine and Drobo
By
Data Robotics
on November 30, 2007 6:16 PM
Time Machine backs up your system files, but what makes Time Machine different from other backup applications is that it not only keeps a spare copy of every file, it remembers how your system looked on a given day — so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past. With this handy How To Guide, you can learn exactly how to get Drobo and Time Machine playing nicely.
Last Post: August 14, 2008 6:44 PM by Unbathed
Why Is Drobo, a Storage Robot?
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News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on November 16, 2007 5:20 PM
In this blog and the next I will talk about why DRI designated Drobo a “storage robot” and the many things it does to protect your data? Why is Drobo a “storage robot”? The International...
What Costs Less - RAID or Drobo?
Posted to blog
News and Views from the Data Robotics Team
on November 7, 2007 4:23 PM
At Data Robotics, I am asked many variations of these questions: Why shouldn’t I buy a “fixed capacity RAID box” (one that doesn’t let you expand its capacity) now and then buy another when it...
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