This is an upgraded version of Drobo’s 5N and offers many of the same hallmark features of the platform we saw in our Drobo 5C review.As you will see, the Drobo 5N2 is a network storage solution designed to get you up and running with your data protected with a minimal amount of effort. Specifications. Drobo 5N2: Network Attached Storage (NAS) 5-Bay Array, 2X Gigabit Ethernet Ports (DRDS5A21) 4.0 out of 5 stars 152 Drobo 5D3 10TB: 5-Drive Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Array with Seagate NAS Drives – Dual Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.0 type C ports (DRDR6A21-10TB) Some Drobo products such as the 5D3 and 5N2 have what they call an Accelerator Bay on the bottom of them that accepts an mSATA SSD. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Solid State Drives are much faster than regular hard drives and if you put an mSATA SSD in this bay, the Drobo will intelligently store frequently used files on the SSD for faster read speeds on those files. To keep capacity of your Drobo 5N2 at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5” drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. The latest generation Drobo 5 Bay NAS, the 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access and disaster recovery solutions. 5 years of DroboCare warranty and 128GB mSATA SSD card are included with every Drobo 5N2 Gold Edition sold to ensure the best storage experience ever. Drobo 5N2 Gold Edition $749.00 Drobo Performance and Peace of Mind Delivered for Power Users 5 years of DroboCare warranty and 128GB mSATA SSD card are included with every Drobo 5N2 Gold Edition sold to ensure the best storage experience ever. Any way to install apps to mSATA on Drobo 5n I was thinking about moving my media center MySQL database to the drobo, but it seems like a DB would add a bunch of extra read/write to the drives, so I was wondering if I could install an app straight to the mSATA drive if I installed one. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5" 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. To keep capacity of your Drobo 5N2 at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5” drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. Drobo 5D, Drobo 5N, and Drobo Mini have an additional drive bay on the bottom of the chassis, the Drobo Accelerator Bay, to accept an mSATA SSD. Drobo 5N2 gives you the flexibility to choose! The Drobo 5N2 carries an MSRP of $499 (driveless), and includes a 2-year warranty. These special editions are created to provide performance and peace of mind for power users. Frequently used files can be accessed up to 30% faster by implementing the Hot Data Cache technology. The 5N2 Gold edition Drobos are everything you would expect in a Drobo 5N2 and more. This gives you the performance of an SSD to make reading small and randomly accessed data much faster while still maintaining the high capacity of HDDs. Drobo 5N2: Network Attached Storage (NAS) 5-Bay Array, 2X Gigabit Ethernet Ports The Drobo 5N2 is the next era of simplified storage for your connected home or small office. Today Drobo 5N2 5-Bay NAS is finally unveiled and we can publish our review. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. The Drobo 5D3 and 5N2 Gold Editions optimize performance with an included 128GB mSATA SSD for the Drobo Accelerator Bay.