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Drobo 5N 10TB: Network Attached Storage - 5 bay array with mSATA SSD acceleration, 10TB storage included with 5 x 2TB hard drives - Gigabit Ethernet port (DRDS4A21-10TB)
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- Includes 5 x 2TB HDD's
- Highly scalable network storage array
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
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| Price | $1,050.55 | $697.57 | $627.59 | $1,474.61 |
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| Hardware Interface | ethernet | usb3.0 | usb3.0 | ethernet |
| Hard Disk Size | 10 TB | 8 TB | 0 GB | 0 TB |
| Dimensions | 13 inches x 24 inches x 17 inches | 12 inches x 21 inches x 12 inches | 7.3 inches x 10.3 inches x 5.9 inches | 5.5 inches x 14.1 inches x 12.7 inches |
| Item Package Weight | 21.65 pounds | 19.1 pounds | 14.2 pounds | 21.05 pounds |
From the Manufacturer
Drobo 5N 5-Drive Network Attached Storage (NAS) Array, Gigabit Ethernet
The Drobo 5N was designed to deliver the best file sharing experience available. From the moment you open the box, you’ll know there’s nothing like it. It’s perfect for any connected home, home office, or business environment that needs simple, safe storage for sharing and backing up data over the network.
Not only is the Drobo 5N fast, but also easy-to-use, expandable, and automatically protects against hard drive failure(s). It’s perfect for storing large collections of photos, movies, music and documents and integration with Apple Time Machine makes it an excellent way to back up all your Macs to a single device.
What's in the Box
- Drobo 5N
- 6 ft (1.8 m) Ethernet cable
- 6 ft (1.8 m) power cord with power supply
- Quick Start Card
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Designed with You in MindDrobo storage arrays have always been designed with the user in mind. From the tool less design that allows hard drives to be inserted without carriers or screws to the variable-speed cooling fan, the compact and quiet 5N was designed to work just as well on your desk as it does in an office environment. Users can also dim the lights and configure drives to spin down when not in use. |
All Your Stuff, Automatically SafeBuilt on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo 5N protects your data without any user interaction. Consult the online capacity calculator to determine how the choice of drive size, number of drives, and protection levels affect available capacity at drobo.com/products/capacity-calculator. Drives can be added or replaced 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 slot or remove a smaller drive and replace it with a larger one. |
High-Speed Gigabit ConnectivityThe Drobo 5N is equipped with high-speed Gigabit Ethernet and connects directly to your network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and 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. |
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SSD Acceleration Boosts Performance up to 10XMost storage arrays use either all hard drives or all SSDs. The Drobo 5N delivers the best of both worlds by intelligently combining hard drives and SSDs to deliver both capacity and performance. Using a small form-factor SSD boosts performance of popular applications such as Apple iPhoto and Adobe Lightroom by up to 10X! |
Do More with Popular AppsDrobo offers dozens of popular applications that extend the capabilities of the Drobo 5N. Whether you want to stream media or backup to the cloud, DroboApps have you covered. Popular apps include Barracuda Copy for remote access, ElephantDrive for cloud backup, and Plex for media serving. Seamless integration with Drobo Dashboard makes using DroboApps as simple as checking a box. |
Power Protecting Your Critical DataDrobo doesn’t just protect your critical data from drive failure, but also from power outages. The Drobo 5N includes a battery that protects all data – whether active or at rest. Should the power go out while using your Drobo, the battery will protect everything until the power is restored. The battery recharges automatically and is designed to last for the entire life of the product. |
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By
John Pozadzides
on January 16, 2013
Size: Base Unit
I suppose I'm one of the first people in the world to get my hands on the new Drobo 5N, so I figured I'd share my first impressions with everyone in case you're considering purchasing one. First a little background...
Like many people, I've owned several Drobos in the past. And I've enjoyed ownership enough to continue upgrading and using them. Drobos have always been exceptionally reliable and simple to use, although with some of the previous models we had to trade speed for those other benefits. Well, those days are gone! Because the Drobo 5N, as well as its sibling the Drobo 5D (not network capable) are FAST!
We've had a Drobo FS in our network for years. It's the previous version of the Drobo Fileserver, which the 5N replaces. When I first fired up the 5N in our network and booted it alongside a reboot of the FS, it was WAY, WAY faster!!! In fact, it was so much faster that I actually giggled like a child! The old FS was certainly adequate, but compared to an internal drive it was slow. For example, a hard drive in your laptop should get at least 75-80 MBps read/write speeds. The FS would only do about 35. However, the new 5N is performing at 2-3 times those speeds! It's like having an internal drive, only through the network!
Combine this speed with the fact that you can:
a) Take the disks out of on old FS and upgrade instantly by slotting them in the 5N
b) Use ANY old 3.5" drives you have sitting around, even mixing and matching sizes and brands
c) Manage the drive with a dead simple graphical user interface
The craziest thing of all is that the Drobo 5N is less expensive than all the other 5-bay NAS devices!Read more ›
Like many people, I've owned several Drobos in the past. And I've enjoyed ownership enough to continue upgrading and using them. Drobos have always been exceptionally reliable and simple to use, although with some of the previous models we had to trade speed for those other benefits. Well, those days are gone! Because the Drobo 5N, as well as its sibling the Drobo 5D (not network capable) are FAST!
We've had a Drobo FS in our network for years. It's the previous version of the Drobo Fileserver, which the 5N replaces. When I first fired up the 5N in our network and booted it alongside a reboot of the FS, it was WAY, WAY faster!!! In fact, it was so much faster that I actually giggled like a child! The old FS was certainly adequate, but compared to an internal drive it was slow. For example, a hard drive in your laptop should get at least 75-80 MBps read/write speeds. The FS would only do about 35. However, the new 5N is performing at 2-3 times those speeds! It's like having an internal drive, only through the network!
Combine this speed with the fact that you can:
a) Take the disks out of on old FS and upgrade instantly by slotting them in the 5N
b) Use ANY old 3.5" drives you have sitting around, even mixing and matching sizes and brands
c) Manage the drive with a dead simple graphical user interface
The craziest thing of all is that the Drobo 5N is less expensive than all the other 5-bay NAS devices!Read more ›
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H. K. Melton
on October 30, 2013
Size: Base Unit
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My new, out of the box Drobo 5N refuses to mount the partitions as outlined in the manual. After more than hour of work with Drobo customer service, they asked for a Diagnostic report and promised to send a replacement unit if the report showed the 5N to be defective. Today, ten days later, I called again and had another agent take me through the exact same steps as before... run another Diagnostic report, and promise that a senior service rep (level 2) would call today/tonight with a solution, or to confirm that a replacement Drobo 5N has been sent. The day has ended and still no call! My time is wasted and the 5N is still not functioning. Because of my travels, the 30 days have now elapsed since my initial purchase from Amazon, and it is too late to be returned to them. I regret attempting to work with Drobo customer service and should have shipped the non-working unit back to Amazon immediately! I urge caution to anyone considering a purchase of the Drobo 5N.
Update: another 48 hours have passed without resolution or even a call-back from Drobo's Level-2 support. I called to Drobo support again yesterday, but Level-2 support is "always on the phone" and unavailable. The level-1 techs agree that my NEW 5N is DOA and needs to be replaced, but this must be approved by a level-2 tech.... who are always unavailable. In a final attempt last evening, I emailed the CEO of Drobo ("Tom") and politely asked for his intervention in my case and assistance in finding a resolution. Unfortunately, despite his request on the website to send suggestions directly to him, there is no response. I seem to have been abandoned by Drobo! Fortunately my ace in the hole is to have purchased a warranty with Square Trade. They have offered to refund my money and I am shipping the Drobo 5N to them today.Read more ›
Update: another 48 hours have passed without resolution or even a call-back from Drobo's Level-2 support. I called to Drobo support again yesterday, but Level-2 support is "always on the phone" and unavailable. The level-1 techs agree that my NEW 5N is DOA and needs to be replaced, but this must be approved by a level-2 tech.... who are always unavailable. In a final attempt last evening, I emailed the CEO of Drobo ("Tom") and politely asked for his intervention in my case and assistance in finding a resolution. Unfortunately, despite his request on the website to send suggestions directly to him, there is no response. I seem to have been abandoned by Drobo! Fortunately my ace in the hole is to have purchased a warranty with Square Trade. They have offered to refund my money and I am shipping the Drobo 5N to them today.Read more ›
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Drobo says
March 15, 2016
Hello Melton,
Thank you so much for your feedback on Drobo a while back. We are disappointed to hear that your experience with our Customer Support was less than stellar. We do want to update you that we have made and are continually making many strides in improving our customer service experience. We know that the eventual replacement of the your Drobo with a Drobo 5D working unit and mini does little to alleviate your experience, we do hope that your take way was our wish to make amends for your less than stellar experience.
Not just the customer service, but the company itself is going through a thorough review and improvement from our management that is spearheaded by the new CEO http://www.drobo.com/ceo-letter/
Given how many Amazon customers still find your feedback helpful and informative, we thought it might be good to update you and others about some major changes at Drobo and in our [5N] product that might be helpful:
- Improved processor (4 core)
- Capacity expandable up to 64TB
- high-performance SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array
- Optional mSATA card
- Option to implement Hot Data Caching
- Ability to use DroboApps
Again we do thank you for your feedback and would recommend any Drobo customer to register your Drobo https://myproducts.drobo.com/support and to follow the Quick Install Guide included in each Drobo.
Thank you,
Drobo team
Thank you so much for your feedback on Drobo a while back. We are disappointed to hear that your experience with our Customer Support was less than stellar. We do want to update you that we have made and are continually making many strides in improving our customer service experience. We know that the eventual replacement of the your Drobo with a Drobo 5D working unit and mini does little to alleviate your experience, we do hope that your take way was our wish to make amends for your less than stellar experience.
Not just the customer service, but the company itself is going through a thorough review and improvement from our management that is spearheaded by the new CEO http://www.drobo.com/ceo-letter/
Given how many Amazon customers still find your feedback helpful and informative, we thought it might be good to update you and others about some major changes at Drobo and in our [5N] product that might be helpful:
- Improved processor (4 core)
- Capacity expandable up to 64TB
- high-performance SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array
- Optional mSATA card
- Option to implement Hot Data Caching
- Ability to use DroboApps
Again we do thank you for your feedback and would recommend any Drobo customer to register your Drobo https://myproducts.drobo.com/support and to follow the Quick Install Guide included in each Drobo.
Thank you,
Drobo team
The manufacturer commented on the review below
By
Adam
on April 29, 2014
Size: Base Unit
1 Comment
Sending feedback...
The whole point of this device is to keep your data safe. It's ironic then when the device itself fails (not the hard drives in them). I love the idea of mixing and matching hard drives to create a massive drive to store stuff on. It seems reassuring that when a disk fails, your data is protected. However, if the device fails you're up a creek without a paddle. Drobo only has a 1 year warranty, and will not repair the unit, only ask you to buy another when that warranty expires. I suppose you could buy the extended warranty but all three on my units failed after three years (they just rebooted constantly with or without their drives).
I wanted to love this. I bought an 2nd gen and it failed, and then the current 5N twice. All have let me down. Seek another storage system and backup system.
I wanted to love this. I bought an 2nd gen and it failed, and then the current 5N twice. All have let me down. Seek another storage system and backup system.
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Drobo says
May 1, 2014
Hi Adam-
We would like to speak with you and get all the details if possible. Can you email us at followup@drobo.com ?
If you can take a few moments and reach out to us, we want to make sure everything that can be done was looked into at the time.
Regards,
Drobo Support Team
We would like to speak with you and get all the details if possible. Can you email us at followup@drobo.com ?
If you can take a few moments and reach out to us, we want to make sure everything that can be done was looked into at the time.
Regards,
Drobo Support Team
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