The Drobo 5N was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best ever experience sharing storage & accessing data. From the moment you plug it in & it is instantly accessible on your network, you’ll know there’s nothing like it. The Drobo 5N is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment needing a simple, safe device for sharing & backing up data over the network. Not only is Drobo 5N fast, but it’s easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, & protected—exactly what’s expected from a Drobo. You can safely store & edit photos, videos, & audio files as well as store & back up all the computers on your network. Contains the WD Red HDD’s NAS optimised for up to 8 bays Desktop solutions, Designed for Low duty cycle environment with 3 years warranty Data Protection & Expandability Made Simple Built on award-winning Beyond RAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo 5N protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. & like all Drobo products, it’s fast & easy to set up & no software configuration required to have accessible storage on your network. Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you’re running low on space, the lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive & replace it with a larger one. High-Speed Connectivity The Drobo 5N is equipped with a single Gigabit Ethernet port for network connectivity & connects directly to your network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router & you’re ready to go. You can even connect the Drobo 5N directly to the Ethernet port on your computer without having to configure any settings. Capacity & Performance Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this networked Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Lightroom & Apple i Photo or i Tunes fast access to data. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Drobo gives you the flexibility to choose. Power Protecting Your Critical Data Drobo doesn’t just protect you from a drive failure, but also from potential data loss after a power outage. Drobo 5N

Includes:: a battery that protects all data in memory, or cache, that is, data on its way to the drives. When power spontaneously goes away, the battery keeps the Drobo alive long enough for the data to be written to non-volatile storage. The battery recharges itself & lasts for the life of the product. Centralized Backup for Your Entire Network The Drobo 5N enables network backup for Mac & Windows users. If you’re backing up your Windows 8 computer to your Drobo, File History is supported. The Drobo 5N also delivers the most seamless support for OS X Time Machine of any network storage system on the market today. Using Time Machine with Drobo 5N is as easy as one click in Drobo Dashboard. Designed for You Drobo devices have always been space efficient & the Drobo 5N is no exception. It was designed from the ground up to provide very high capacity without taking up a lot of your valuable desk space. It is compact because of Drobo’s unique carrierless drive-bay design, allowing drives to be installed very close to each other Drobo 5N is also the quietest Drobo ever due to its tuned, large, variable-speed cooling fan. Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard is the single tool used to centrally manage all of your Drobo devices. Drobo Dashboard displays status as if all of your Drobos were right in front of you with the same status lights & capacity gauge that are on the front panel. All administration tasks are a single click away

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The Drobo 5N was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best ever experience sharing storage & accessing data Key Features Drives/ Capacity
- Up to 5 3.5” SATA I/II/III HDDs or SSDs Connectivity
- 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port (6 ft Ethernet cable provided) Form Factor
- Desktop Management
- Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights Network
- Common Internet File System (CIFS)/ Server Message Block (SMB) The Drobo 5N was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best ever experience sharing storage & accessing data. From the moment you plug it in & it is instantly accessible on your network, you’ll know there’s nothing like it. The Drobo 5N is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment needing a simple, safe device for sharing & backing up data over the network. Not only is Drobo 5N fast, but it’s easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, & protected—exactly what’s expected from a Drobo. You can safely store & edit photos, videos, & audio files as well as store & back up all the computers on your network.




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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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Key Features 5 x 3.5" SATA III/II Drive Bays 1 x m SATA SSD Drive Bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Adaptive Link Bonding The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access & disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers & provides up to 2x performance boost with an upgraded processor & port bonding option. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented Beyond RAID technology to meet the demanding data storage requirements of connected home users, media professionals & small businesses. The expanded functionality

Includes:: technology features of Drobo’s enterprise level products, such as Drobo DR for disaster recovery backup. By implementing a level of automation usually preserved for more expensive solutions, & still maintaining the award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos, the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market.

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PLEASE NOTE:- THIS ITEM DOES NOT INCLUDE HARD DRIVES, SSD OR m SATA DRIVES, THESE NEED TO BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY It is a Drobo, so by definition easy-to-use. Now it is also the fastest portable storage array with cutting-edge Thunderbolt & USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 connectivity, & innovative use of solid state drives (SSDs), with an additional slot for m SATA SSD, so whether you are working at your desktop, shooting & editing photos or videos onsite, or traveling to the next location, it is the worlds first high-performance & protected portable storage array. So now you can take & access your valuable digital assets wherever you go Easiest, fastest, safest, smallest. The Drobo Mini is unique & unexpected, but frankly that is what you should expect from Drobo Hold up to four (4) 2.5 inch SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives & one (1) m SATA solid state drive (sold separately) Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used Beyond RAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy Hot swappable 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 connectivity Portable Metallic carbon-fiber with a soft-touch rubberized finish PC Windows & Mac compatible 2 year warranty Related Products Protective carrying case that holds a Drobo Mini, a power supply, & a connectivity cable (DR-MINI-1B11) Replaceable Power Supply for Drobo Mini 4-bay storage array (DR-MINI-1P11) Drobo Care for Drobo Mini
- 3 Yr. Warranty, 24x 7 Tech. Support & NBD Adv. Replacement (DR-MINI-1D31) Amazingly Mini
- The Drobo Mini is the size of a deli sandwich with a soft-touch rubberized finish, & is small, rugged, & feels as cool as it looks. From the modern materials to the wraparound light indicators to the drive bay design, Mini is truly big storage in a small box. To make Drobo Mini as portable as possible, & with an optional carrying case that holds the Drobo, power supply, & a connectivity cable. Note: Thunderbolt is currently supported only on Mac OS X First Drobo with 2.5inch Drives
- Drobo Mini takes 2.5inch drives, & that is what makes it portable. Four hot-swappable drive bays support drives of any capacity. No carriers or screws are needed to insert drives. An innovative new design allows drives to click in & out like a ballpoint pen. Since 2.5inch drives are primarily used in laptop computers, they are designed to be portable. Because of this, you can pick up & move Drobo Mini around with complete confidence Data Protection & expandability Made Simple
- Built on award-winning Beyond RAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo Mini protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you are running low on space, the wraparound lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive & replace it with a larger one Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0
- Thunderbolt I/O technology provides performance that no personal storage has been able to achieve, especially one that is portable. This means that you can move large amounts of data in a fraction of the time it used to take. Visit the Thunderbolt technology site to learn more about this exciting new way to connect devices. Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. This allows even the most portable laptop computers access to high-performance storage while retaining connectivity to other devices & an external monitor. The bidirectional 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum throughput. Drobo is the only storage array that offers Thunderbolt & USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0. This latest generation of USB (Universal Serial Bus) also offers high-performance connectivity & is backward compatibility with any computer running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows Capacity & Performance
- Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this portable Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance flash in SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Premiere & Apple Aperture fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard m SATA SSD, leaving all four 2.5inch drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. That would be a screaming fast portable Drobo! Power Protecting Your Critical Data
- Drobo does not just protect you from a drive failure, but also from potential data loss after a power outage. Often found only in arrays that cost tens of thousands of dollars, Drobo Mini

Includes:: a battery that protects all data in memory, or cache, that is, data on its way to the drives. Yes, Drobo Mini actually has room for a big battery (barely)! When power spontaneously goes away, the battery keeps the Drobo alive long enough for the data to be written to non-volatile storage, ensuring your important information is safe. This battery recharges itself & is designed to last for the life of the product. Specifications Connectivity 2 x Thunderbolt ports; second port for daisy chaining Thunderbolt devices (Mac OS X only) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 port USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable included Capacity Hold up to four (4) 2.5inch SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives & one (1) m SATA solid state drive (sold separately) 7 mm & 9.5 mm in height (sold separately) & one (1) m SATA solid state drive Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required. Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones. Beyond RAID Features Thin Provisioning Instant Expansion Mixed Drive Size Utilization Automatic Protection Levels Dual Disk Redundancy Virtual Hot Spare Data Aware Drive Re-ordering Management Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights Drobo Dashboard version 2.3 or later Operating System Support Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion Mac OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion Windows 7 SP1 32 & 64 bit Windows 8 32 & 64 bit File System Options Mac OS X: HFS+ Windows: NTFS Hardware Features Carrier-less Drive Bays Power Fail Protection Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included) Additional Software Features Data-Aware Tiering Drive Spin Down Dim Lights Warranty Standard 2-year warranty; extend to 3 years & enhance support with Drobo Care Size & Weight Desktop Form Factor

Width: 7.3 in (187.2 mm)

Height: 1.8 in (44.6 mm)

Depth: 7.1 in (180.0 mm) Weight: 2.2 lb. (without hard drives, power supply, or packaging) Power & Cooling External Power Supply: AC Input 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60 Hz; DC Output 12V, 4.16A, 50W max Dual, fixed, variable speed cooling fans Box Contents Drobo Mini 1 m (3.3 ft.) USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 cable 1 m (3.3 ft.) power cord with power supply Quick Start Card Optional Accessories Drobo Mini Carrying Case Drobo Power Supply














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PLEASE NOTE:- THIS ITEM

Includes:: 4 X 1TB 2.5INCH NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVES It is a Drobo, so by definition easy-to-use.

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