Setting up with external Drobo mini SSD RAID

I am getting a Drobo mini (connected through Thunderbolt) with 4 240GB SSD drives and setting it up with RAID 5, so I have three drives for data and one protection drive.
My goal is to set up my Late 2012 iMac (internal 1TB Fusion drive) so that when I migrate to the next system, I don't have to transfer all of my data from my internal drive as most of it will be on my external RAID box.
Ultimately, I would like to just have my internal drive with the OS and Applications if possible and then have all of the data (music, videos, photos, Office documents, mail, etc.) placed on my external Drobo. I know that iTunes library and some of the other apps I can easily set the data to be put on any drive (internal or external), but can all of the apps do this? I haven't seen that possible with iPhoto, Mail, etc.
Any suggestions would be helpful.

I purchased the 256 GB M500 SSD's from Micron. If was going to make a recommendation on which SSDs to use, I've read that the fastest and most reliable are the Samsung 840 Pro. I've heard there are others that are approaching the same speed, but I got the Micron since they were less expensive and still faster than other brands.
Now, I did run a benchmark test between USB 3 and Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt 1 was twice as fast as USB 3 in the benchmark tests using the M500's SSD.
I'm still waiting for Drobo to get their software so I can make the Drobo mini a bootup device which their firmware doesn't support just yet.
Right now, I have it set up for backups and I have about 600+GB already used up.
I've owned this device for a few months now, and it was easy to setup and I don't have any complaints per se about it working. I'm just waiting for them to update the firmware so I can use it as a boot up device using Thunderbolt. I just downloaad a new firmware (second firmware update since I bought it in December 2013), but I don't know if this update allows it to boot up under Thunderbolt. I have to read up on what the latest update does.

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best regards,
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Thank you for replies so far.
Re Lenovo tech "support" I am a die hard Lenovo fan (4 laptops so far...) but find Lenovo's website confusing and their tech support terrible.
For my T430s, I paid for at least an hour of support to no avail, before discovering that it was a simple Windows update that was the key to driving 3 external monitors, with better information generally coming from this forum. Supposedly, even the T430s with the NVIDIA upgrade can handle 3 external monitors at 2560 x 1440.
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I have used the T430s and dock, driving 2 of the new Samsung 28" 4K monitors up to 2560 x 1440 without any issues. But moving up to the LG 34 ultrawide screens with 3440 x 1440, I can only run one. With 2 it becomes unstable.
I hope more Lenovo fans tune into the resolution and display quality - it would only enhance the brand.
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ColonelONeill thanks for suggestion but hoping to find an integrated, on board, plug and play, drop into the dock and be done with it solution.
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Kappy - I think you missed part of the information in my last post:
I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY created and installed OSX (Snow Leopard, Lion, & Moutain Lion) using the Disk Utility provided by Apple to install fresh versions of each and they work perfectly.
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