Connectivity

• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port

Drives and Expansion

• Up to five (5) 3.5″ SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives (sold separately).
• One (1) mSATA solid state drive in the Drobo Accelerator Bay for increased performance (sold separately).
• Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required. Click here for drive recommendations.
• Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones. Use the Capacity Calculator to estimate available storage in various configurations.

BeyondRAID Features

• Thin Provisioning
• Instant Expansion
• Mixed Drive Size Utilization
• Automatic Protection Levels
• Single – or Dual-Disk Redundancy
• Virtual Hot Spare
• Data Aware
• Drive Re-ordering
• 64TB filesystem support

Management

• Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights
• Drobo Dashboard version 2.6 or later

Operating System Support

• Apple® macOS X 10.10 and higher
• Microsoft® Windows® 10
• Microsoft® Windows® 8
• Microsoft® Windows® 7

Network Protocols

• Common Internet File System (CIFS) / Server Message Block (SMB)
• Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)

Hardware Features

• Carrier-less Drive Bays
• Power Fail Protection
• Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included)

Additional Software Features

• Hot Data Caching
• DroboApps
• myDrobo compatible
• Maximum System Capacity: 64TB
• Drive Spin Down
• Dim Lights
• OS X Time Machine Support
• OS X / macOS Time Machine Support
• Cloud access

Warranty

• Two (2) year warranty

Size and Weight

• Desktop Form Factor
• Width: 5.9 in (150.3 mm)
• Height: 7.3 in (185.4 mm)
• Depth: 10.3 in (262.3 mm)
• Weight: 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) without hard drives, power supply, or packaging

Power and Cooling

• External Power Supply:
  • AC Input – 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60Hz
  • DC Output – 12V, 12.5, 150W
• Dual, fixed, variable speed cooling fans

Environmental Specifications

• Acoustics – Normal Operation:
• Operating Temperature: 10°C – 35°C (50° – 95°F)
• Non-Operating Temperature (storage): -10° – 60°C (14° – 140°F)
• Operating Humidity: 5% – 80%

Box Contents

• Drobo 5N
• 6 ft (1.8 m) Ethernet cable
• 6 ft (1.8 m) power cord with power supply
• Quick Start Card