How Best to Connect a Drob 5D

I will be connecting i) a Drobo 5D ii) a Thunderbolt display and iii) a MBA / Mac Mini...I am little confused as to how best to make this work.
The Drobo documentation is clear that "...the Drobo 5D performs best when it is the first in the daisy-chain, but it can also be in the middle or at the end...".
The first Thunderbolt-only scenario which came to mind was MBA/Mac Mini --> Thunderbolt display (where the MBA/Mac Mini is connected using the Thunderbolt cable that is part of the display) --> Drobo but this puts the Drobo at the end of the daisy-chain.  This one works as it is described in the Drobo manual.
The second Thunderbolt-only scenario was MBA/Mac Mini --> Drobo --> Thunderbolt display (where the Drobo is connected using the Thunderbolt cable that is part of the display).   The potential issue here is that I don't know whether this connection sequence will pass the "display" and "Ethernet connection" back to the MBA/Mac Mini through the Drobo.
Would greatly appreciate someone answering this for me.
Thanks,
Joel

clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
You should go with the second scenario - Thunderbolt works best with the display at the end of the chain. I don't have a NAS, but I do have two Thunderbolt drives that are daisy-chained first and second with my Display being the third and final TB unit.
Good luck,
Clinton
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS Mavericks 10.9.4, 16GB Crucial RAM, Crucial M500 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
Appreciate the response and note that the Drobo 5D is a DAS [i.e. it is the Drobo 5N which is the NAS].
So, just to be perfectly clear, the video and network connection will pass from the Thunderbolt display to the MBA/Mac Mini when those two devices are t the end of the chain?
Thanks so much,
Joel
PS.  What DAS do you have as I am still considering different units.

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