In addition to the Drobo S 5-Bay Storage System, it is the first Self-Managing iSCSI SAN storage system which features such as automated capacity expansion and one-click single- or dual-drive redundancy for optimal data protection for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. It has the capacity to hold up to eight 3.5-inch SATA I/II hard drive which will accumulate up to 16TB or more storage capacity.

It also utilizes the BeyondRAID technology that enables users to mix and match capacities, drive brands and speeds and one-click toggle between single- and dual-drive redundancy. There are dual iSCSI ports plus the ability to create up to 255 Smart Volumes, dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for high-speed iSCSI data transfer using a TCP/IP network.