Users love Drobo®for the protection that Drobo provides for photos, videos, files, and your entire digital life
at home or for your home office—and for its easy-of-use. And they often want to share these files with
others or access them when they’re away from home. This makes the concept of personal cloud quite
interesting: this document discusses Pogoplug and how you can use Pogoplug Software to create a
personal cloud. Also included is a section describing cloud backup of selected content on a Drobo to the
Pogoplug Cloud.
Like Drobo, Pogoplug Software is an easy-to-use application, which takes only a few minutes to install and
configure. Pogoplug Remote Access Software enables remote access and sharing of files stored on a Drobo
from a computer anywhere in the world. Remote access is free of charge with Pogoplug Remote Access
Software; media streaming is available with a one-time unlimited license.
Benefits of Pogoplug Software include:
•Consolidate all your storage devices
•Access your files from anywhere
•Stream content to a remote device*
•Protect your data by syncing it to the cloud
* Requires premium membership upgrade with which a one-time fee buys a license for ALL your computers.
Topics
Installing Pogoplug Software
Adding remote access for Drobo storage
Accessing files remotely and streaming files
Syncing data from your Drobo to the Pogoplug Cloud
What You Will Need
•Drobo storage array (must remain powered on to access files)
Computer to which DAS or SAN Drobo is connected must also remain powered on.
•Computer for Pogoplug Remote Access Software (must remain powered on to access files)
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/7 or Apple Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
•Pogoplug account and Pogoplug Premium if you wish to stream to mobile or media devices.
•High-speed Internet access to the system on which Pogoplug Remote Access Software is installed and
to which Drobo storage is connected
NOTE: Examples in this document show screen captures from a Windows computer. The procedures follow
a similar flow on a Mac OS computer, but the some screens may look different.
