Condition: Powers on; sold untested beyond power-up (see details below) Price: $125 — or best offer Location: Lower Mainland B.C. · Local pickup preferred, shipping available at buyer's expense.

What's Included

• Drobo 5D 5-bay DAS enclosure (Model DRDR5-A, P/N 917-00001-001)

• Drobo mSATA SSD acceleration module (Transcend TS64GMSA370, 64 GB) — the optional SSD cache/Drobo Accelerator, usually sold separately

• Power supply (DC 12V)

Not included: Hard drives, Thunderbolt cable, original packaging.

Condition & Testing Status

• Powers up normally (confirmed — fans spin, lights cycle)

• Was fully functional when last used in my workflow before being retired

• Not drive-tested: I no longer have drives for it, so I could not mount the array or verify RAID operation. It powers on cleanly but is otherwise sold as-is.

• Cosmetic condition: good (some dust evident; unit was well cared for). Photo shows the underside/mSATA bay with serial number for transparency.

Background

The Drobo 5D connects over Thunderbolt and USB 3 and uses Drobo's BeyondRAID technology: mix-and-match drive sizes, hot-swappable bays, no manual RAID configuration, and the mSATA slot for accelerated caching (included here). Holds five 3.5" SATA drives (drives not included).

Important disclosure: Drobo has been discontinued by the manufacturer and no longer receives official support or firmware updates. The Drobo Dashboard software is still obtainable from community archives, but buyers should be comfortable with a legacy product. Because BeyondRAID is proprietary, this unit is best suited to buyers who already have Drobo drives/data, spare-parts collectors, or tinkerers.

Serial Numbers (for reference)

• Unit S/N: DRB124601700178

• mSATA SSD S/N: D54405-1134

Sold as-is, no returns. Please contact me with any questions or to arrange inspection/pickup.