Drobo, makers of data storage products for businesses and professionals, today announced shipping the Drobo Mini and Drobo 5D. The Drobo Mini and 5D products are the industryís first storage arrays to include high-speed Thunderbolt connectivity, USB 3.0, automated tiering that supports solid state drives (SSDs), enhanced reliability features and storage-array portability. The new products are designed to use SSDs with hard disk drives in a fashion similar to Apple's Fusion Drive technology to rapidly accelerate workflows.
