Comparison of Drobo 5N and TerraMaster U1-NAS

The side-by-side comparison of the devices’ specifications. The comparison table below makes it easier to choose the most fitting NAS.

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Launch	2016	2012
Class	Small office / Home office	Low end
Dimensions	150.3 x 185.4 x 262.3 mm	206 x 160 x 46 mm
Weight	3.9 kg	538 g
Disks
Disk bays	5 x 3.5" SATA III	1 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	BeyondRAID	no
SSD support	yes	no

Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP WEBDAV
P2P support	no	BitTorrent
Media server	no	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	no	no
Connectivity
USB ports	no	1 x USB 2.0 device
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Marvell Armada XP MV78460 quad-core @ 1.2 GHz	N5 single-core @ 800 GHz
RAM	1 GB DDR3	256 MB
Flash	128 MB	8 MB
Operating system	Drobo	TerraMaster TOS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 12.5 A	12 V / 2 A
Consuption		15 W / 3 W
Fans	1 x 120 mm	fanless
Noise level	< 30.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials	1 x mSATA port
Administration
Default IP		DHCP
Default username		admin
Default password		admin

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