Condition: Powers on; sold untested beyond power-up (see details below) Price: $75 — or best offer Location: Lower Mainland B.C. · Local pickup preferred, shipping available at buyer's expense

What's Included

• Original Data Robotics Drobo 4-bay DAS enclosure (Model DRO4D-D, P/N 900-00003-001)

• Global Power Corp. power adapter (Model A7-80S12R-W, 12V 6.7A / 80W max, 100–240V input)

Not included: Hard drives, FireWire 800/USB cables, original packaging.

Condition & Testing Status

• Powers up normally (confirmed — status indicator lights, drives spin/bays active)

• Was fully functional when last used in my workflow before being retired

• Not drive-tested: I no longer have drives for it, so I could not mount the array or verify RAID operation. It powers on cleanly but is otherwise sold as-is.

• Cosmetic condition: good for its age — some surface scratches on the glossy front face and light dust, consistent with a working unit that lived on a desk, not a shelf queen. Serial number photo included for transparency.

Background

This is the original Drobo from Data Robotics (circa 2008, "Gen 1") — the unit that popularized BeyondRAID: mix-and-match drive sizes, hot-swappable bays, and automatic expansion with no manual RAID configuration. Holds four 3.5" SATA drives (not included) behind the classic sliding black front door.

Connectivity is FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 — this is a vintage unit, so it's best suited for owners of older Macs/PCs, retro-computing enthusiasts, or existing Drobo users who need a replacement enclosure for BeyondRAID drives or spare parts.

Important disclosures:

• Data Robotics/Drobo products are long discontinued; no official support or firmware updates exist.

• BeyondRAID is proprietary — drives from this unit aren't readable in a standard enclosure if it fails.

• Note on the status light: this generation uses a red/green LED on the front right; red is normal at power-on (it indicates status/drive states, which can't be fully interpreted without drives installed).

• Sold as a collector's/utility item, not as dependable primary storage for critical data.

Serial Numbers (for reference)

• Unit S/N: TDC084623012

• Power adapter: Global Power Corp. A7-80S12R-W, Rev. 01

Sold as-is, no returns. Please contact me with any questions or to arrange inspection/pickup.