<s>
Drobo	B-Application
was	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
external	O
storage	O
devices	O
for	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
DAS	B-General_Concept
,	O
SAN	O
,	O
and	O
NAS	B-Application
appliances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drobo	B-Application
devices	O
can	O
house	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
,	O
five	O
,	O
eight	O
,	O
or	O
twelve	O
3.5	O
"	O
or	O
2.5	O
"	O
Serial	O
ATA	O
or	O
Serial	O
Attached	O
SCSI	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
and	O
connect	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
or	O
network	O
via	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
,	O
USB	B-Protocol
3.0	I-Protocol
,	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
800	I-Protocol
,	O
eSATA	O
,	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
or	O
Thunderbolt	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drobo	B-Application
devices	O
are	O
primarily	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
installation	O
and	O
removal	O
of	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
without	O
requiring	O
manual	O
data	B-General_Concept
migration	I-General_Concept
,	O
for	O
increasing	O
storage	B-General_Concept
capacity	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
unit	O
without	O
downtime	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
data	O
protection	O
against	O
drive	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
Drobo	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
Data	B-Application
Robotics	I-Application
in	O
2011	O
since	O
the	O
familiarity	O
with	O
the	O
Drobo	B-Application
name	O
(	O
which	O
had	O
only	O
been	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
line	O
until	O
then	O
)	O
far	O
exceeded	O
the	O
Data	B-Application
Robotics	I-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drobo	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
merged	O
with	O
Connected	O
Data	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
taking	O
the	O
Connected	O
Data	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
storage	O
appliance	O
business	O
was	O
spun-off	O
as	O
Drobo	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
acquired	O
by	O
an	O
investment	O
group	O
composed	O
of	O
seasoned	O
tech	O
executives	O
Drobo	B-Application
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
StorCentric	O
in	O
August	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Drobo	B-Application
products	O
have	O
been	O
out	O
of	O
stock	O
or	O
severely	O
inventory	O
constrained	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
Drobo	B-Application
Store	O
and	O
retail	O
channels	O
since	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drobo	B-Application
initially	O
blamed	O
this	O
on	O
supply	O
chain	O
issues	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Drobo	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
more	O
devices	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
"	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
months	O
"	O
.	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
product	O
is	O
still	O
not	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
