Drobo Apps Manual

Plex is a media management system that organizes your entire collection of movies,
music, and photos making them available to all media devices in the connected home
and remotely accessible by Internet connected devices.
With support for streaming music, high definition video, and photo sharing, Plex is an
excellent way to centralize and share all of your rich media content stored on a Drobo.
This not only provides significantly increased throughput supporting multiple
simultaneous streams, but also ensures that data is stored in a redundant manner
protecting content from data loss due to a potential hard drive failure.
Like a Drobo, Plex does not require advanced IT knowledge to configure and interface with devices. Utilizing
NOTE - Plex supports multiple video, audio, and photo formats. For full details on supported formats, visit their
website. There are additional features that Plex offers that will not be covered in this guide.
Topics
 C reate a P lex M edia S hare
E nabling D roboApps a nd I nstalling P lex M edia S erver
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C onfiguring P lex M edia S erver
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Plex Media Center
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What Y ou W ill N eed
Drobo 5 N
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The l atest D robo D ashboard a nd f irmware r elease
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http://www.drobo.com/start/drobo-­‐5n-­‐start.php
Plex M edia C enter ( Optional/Recommended)
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http://www.plexapp.com/getplex/index.php
Prerequisites
This document assumes that a Drobo storage device has been installed, configured, and is discoverable
by the Drobo Dashboard. If these steps have not been completed, follow the Getting Started Guide
available a t t he U RL b elow.
http://www.drobo.com/start/download/doc/Drobo-­‐5N-­‐getting-­‐started-­‐en.pdf
Drobo Apps - Configuring Plex Media Server
standards based DLNA technology, Plex offers out of the box support by
nearly all network enabled televisions and media devices. On the go, MyPlex
offers access to all content stored on the Drobo streaming to mobile (iOS and
Android) devices using a standard broadband internet connection.
While the Plex Media Server core application is compatible with all Drobos, it
previously required a host computer. With the introduction of Plex for Drobo
Apps, connected devices can now stream directly from the Drobo 5N.
drobo.com | Configuring Plex Media Server on the Drobo 5N
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