Time Machine

Drobo - End of Sale Drobo 5N
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I have a first gen Drobo with USB2 connection to my MacPro and have been using it for my Time Machine. I just had a small drive fail so I got a new 1TB drive (I already have a 1TB drive installed). I also have a MacBook Air and have been using a 1TB USB3 Toshiba portable drive for Time Machine – connecting it manually. I am contemplation getting a 5N but was wondering if anyone knows if my MacBook Air will use it for Time Machine as all Apple will say is that it will use their Time Capsule. I would appreciate anyone who has a MacBook and is using the 5N successfully for Time Machine.
Thanks
Alan

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I have a MacBook Air, and the 5N works fine with it. I also moved from a 1st gen Drobo that was connected to a server for use as a Time Machine backup. Once you have the 5N set up on your network, you can create a share with the Drobo Dashboard app and then select it in your MacBook’s TM settings.

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Thanks. Do you just switch the drives to the 5N and let it do its thing?
Alan

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hi alan, im not too savvy with timemachine settings, though if you were asking about a possibility of simply migrating the existing disk pack of a Das gen1 drobo to a Nas 5n, then i dont think you can.