DroboPro FS Free Drive Promotion

ByMike Moffit

Data Robotics is running a great promotion on their newly released DroboPro FS model through the end of the month. Buyers are eligible for 2 free 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green SATA hard drives via mail-in form, when they purchase any DroboPro FS storage solution. The DroboPro FS is the successor to the popular Drobo FS and delivers more capacity, speed, and connectivity options than its predecessor. A safe yet simple way keep redundant backups of your data, the DroboPro FS excels beyond traditional RAID configurations due to its customizability and expansion options. As Drobo items have quickly become some of the most popular non-Apple products on our site, we wanted to take the opportunity to pass this promotion along to our readers.

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