Drobo 5N2

The Next Era of Simplified Storage for Your Connected Home

or Small Office Drobo Dashboard
The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo High-Speed Connectivity Drobo Dashboard is the single tool used to
5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience The Drobo 5N2 is equipped with dual Gigabit
for data sharing, secure backup, remote centrally manage all of your Drobo devices.
Ethernet ports for network connectivity and
access and disaster recovery solutions. The Drobo Dashboard displays status as if all
makes sharing your data easy by connecting
5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo directly to the network. The two ports provide of your Drobos were right in front of you
available to prosumers and provides up to 2x bonding support, also known as Adaptive Link with the same status lights and capacity
performance boost with an upgraded processor Bonding, for link failover and aggregation gauge that are on the front panel. All
and port bonding option. By implementing a without Ethernet switch support. This increases administration tasks are a single click away.
level of automation usually preserved for more performance and compensates for network
expensive solutions, and still maintaining the connection problems.
award-winning simplicity found in all Drobos,
the 5N2 is the easiest to use NAS on the market. Capacity AND Performance
Drobo 5N2 is designed to optimize and simplify Usually reserved for larger enterprise-class
workflow in connected homes and small office storage solutions, the Drobo 5N2 gives you
environments using Drobo’s simple, safe and the option to implement Hot Data Caching
smart BeyondRAIDTM technology. Using the through the Drobo Accelerator Bay. This feature
solution as a central backup in a connected intelligently uses high-performance flash to
home, multiple computers can speedily access accelerate performance, allowing the fastest
the rich media files. Small office environments possible access to your data.
can utilize secure file sharing and Drobo’s
that protects all data in memory, or cache, that
Disaster Recovery (DR) feature to automatically The myDrobo Platform
is, data on its way to the drives. When power
backup the data to an offsite 5N2. To extend the The myDrobo platform extends the functionality
spontaneously goes away, the battery keeps
functionality of the Drobo, 5N2 is compatible of Drobo NAS devices by providing a secure
the Drobo alive long enough for the data to be
with the myDrobo App Platform, allowing for and fully end-to-end encrypted path to selected
written to non-volatile storage.
remote access to data, media streaming and Drobo Apps.
cloud backup. The iOS and Android app, DroboAccess, Drobo Disaster Recovery
allows Drobo NAS owners to access their With Drobo DR you can set up a pair of 5N2s
Data Protection and Expandability data anywhere, anytime through a secure to automatically make an offsite copy of your
Made Simple and encrypted network. This allows Drobo data. Simple to set up and manage, the reliable
Built on award-winning BeyondRAID™ consumers and SMBs to quickly and easily setup DroboDR seamlessly replicates your data to
technology with single- or dual-drive their own private cloud storage solution with the another 5N2 ensuring data availability in case of
redundancy, Drobo 5N2 protects your data ability to view documents from a web browser disaster. Even better, the remote 5N2 stores all
without any user interaction, even in the event or from the DroboAccess mobile app. user account information so recovery is painless.
of multiple drive failures. In addition, Drobo’s
DroboPix app allows owners to easily and
simplicity provides a quick, seamless setup and
software configuration is not required to access
automatically upload their photos and videos Designed for You
from their Android or iOS device to a network Drobo devices have always been space efficient
storage on your network.
Drobo. The files are automatically uploaded over and the Drobo 5N2 is no exception. It was
Drives can be added or hot-swapped and Wi-Fi and are securely backed up and protected designed from the ground up to provide very high
updated in real time for storage expansion with on a Drobo. capacity without taking up a lot of your valuable
zero downtime. Just add a drive in an empty bay desk space. It is compact because of Drobo’s
or remove a smaller drive and replace it with a Power Protecting Your Critical Data unique carrierless drive-bay design, allowing
larger one, when needed. Drobo doesn’t just protect you from a drive drives to be installed very close to each other.
failure, but also from potential data loss after Drobo 5N2 is also the quietest Drobo ever due to
a power outage. Drobo 5N2 includes a battery its tuned, large, variable-speed cooling fan.

Drobo Data Sheet | Drobo 5N2 1

 Drobo 5N2 Data Sheet

Specifications
Connectivity –– 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports Warranty –– Two (2) year warranty
Drives and –– Up to five (5) 3.5”SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid Additional Software –– Hot Data Caching
Expansion state drives (sold separately). Features –– DroboApps
–– One (1) mSATA solid state drive in the Drobo –– myDrobo compatible
Accelerator Bay for increased performance (sold –– Drive Spin Down
separately). –– Dim Lights
–– Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed –– OS X / macOS Time Machine Support
and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools –– Cloud access
required.
–– Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives
with larger ones.
BeyondRAID –– Thin Provisioning Size and Weight –– Desktop Form Factor
Features –– Instant Expansion –– Width: 5.9 in (150.3 mm)
–– Mixed Drive Size Utilization –– Height: 7.3 in (185.4 mm)
–– Automatic Protection Levels –– Depth: 10.3 in (262.3 mm)
–– Single or Dual Disk Redundancy –– Weight: 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) without hard drives, power
–– Virtual Hot Spare supply or packaging
–– Data Aware
–– Drive Re-ordering
–– 64TB filesystem support
Management –– Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status Power and Cooling –– External Power Supply:
lights • AC Input – 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60Hz
–– Drobo Dashboard version 3.0.x or later • DC Output – 12V, 12.5A, 84W max
–– Fixed, 120mm variable speed cooling fan
Operating System –– Apple® macOS X 10.10 and higher Environmental –– Acoustics – Normal Operation: <30.4 dB
Support –– Microsoft® Windows® 10 Specifications –– Operating Temperature: 10°C – 35°C (50° – 95°F)
–– Microsoft® Windows® 8 –– Non-Operating Temperature (storage): -10° – 60°C
–– Microsoft® Windows® 7 (14° – 140°F)
–– Operating Humidity: 5% – 80%

Network Protocols –– Common Internet File System (CIFS) / Server Message Box Contents –– Drobo 5N2
Block (SMB) –– 2x 6 ft (1.8 m) Ethernet cable
–– Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) –– 6 ft (1.8 m) power cord with power supply
–– Quick Start Card
Hardware Features –– Carrier-less drive bays Ethernet Features –– Connection failover and Adaptive Link Bonding
–– Power fail protection with internal battery –– Jumbo frames (up to 9000 bytes MTU)
–– Metal chassis and cover
–– Kensington Lock Port for security (lock not included)

How to Choose the Right Drive

Drobo gives you the flexibility to use a wide variety of drive types and capacities. To find out which drive is right, visit
www.drobo.com/products/choose-drive

More Information
For more on Drobo’s innovative technology, visit www.drobo.com/how-it-works
Read about Drobo BeyondRAID at www.drobo.com/how-it-works/beyond-raid
For more on Drobo Apps, visit: www.drobo.com/drobo-solutions/drobo-apps/
Learn more about myDrobo platform at www.drobo.com/mydrobo-platform/

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