Strong Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 performance, Intuitive hardware and software setup, Quiet in operation
Thunderbolt support Mac OS X only, mSATA makes little difference, Expensive
The Drobo 5D is a fast, quiet and highly intuitive DAS constructed from top-notch materials and its USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt connectivity far outstrip Gigabit Ethernet. That said, limiting Thunderbolt access to Mac OS is a significant flaw and the price ta...
Abstract: Storage array maker Drobo has announced two new direct-attached devices, the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini, which are aimed primarily at creative professionals (such as photo and video editors) but also home users and small businesses. The 5D is a 5-bay succ
Easy to expaand, Toolless design, Great read/write speeds
Expensive, Thunderbolt cable not included
I love using my Drobo 5D. The idea that the unit grows with me when I need more space is great, especially since I don't need to do anything except add/swap drives. I am sure dealing with a drive failure is fairly straight-forward but I do not want to exp...
If you need even faster data access, a RAID0 external disk system will indeed perform better. In running the same benchmarks against one of the RAID0 systems I use with a eSATA 3Gb/s interface, it does blow the Drobo 5D out of the water in most cases, eve...
Very user friendly and easy to setup, Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity, Mix HDDs and SSDs of any capacity, Excellent GUI
Weak benefits from mSATA cache , No Thunderbolt support in Windows
The Drobo 5D delivers ease-of-use throughout with quick and intuitive drive installation and straightforward management. With the option to mix and match HDDs and SSDs, as well as optional mSATA implementation, the 5D provides users with a high-capacity...
Published: 2012-12-17, Author: Jim , review by: macobserver.com
Fastest Drobo yet, includes Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 cables, optional mSATA SSD improves random operation performance, easy to set up and use, nondestructively expandable.
mSATA SSD does not increase performance for many sequential operations, slower than comparable RAID 5 array, USB 3.0 performs significantly slower than Thunderbolt, expensive
The Drobo 5D is indeed the fastest consumer-level Drobo yet. While the price is high, the versatility and ease of use give the 5D a definite edge among its competitors. Not everyone will find value in Drobo's approach to storage, and we can see from the a...
Coming from a Drobo 2 to a Drobo 5D as my main device for storing huge amounts of data is certainly the best investment I made in storage devices in years. The Drobo 5D at $849 without any drive and not even a mSATA drive is certainly a most difficult pur...
Published: 2012-06-21, Author: Charles , review by: zdnet.com
Abstract: Storage array maker Drobo has announced two new direct-attached devices, the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini, which are aimed primarily at creative professionals (such as photo and video editors) but also home users and small businesses. The 5D is a 5-bay success...
The Drobo 5D is a very unique five-bay DAS storage solution that encompasses the latest in technology with its Thunderbolt ports and the best in market reliability with USB 3.0. This leads me to the build quality of the unit where I found the 5D rather s...
