Network Media Player With Storage

LinkStation Duo represents the latest generation of Buffalo's LinkStation family of NAS products. Based on industry-leading storage technologies, the LinkStation Duo includes a set of data management features that make it the ideal NAS solution for the home or small business user. Available in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 6TB capacities, the new LinkStation Duo features enhanced performance speeds of up to 40MB/s, twice the speed of its Pro Duo predecessor, and it can be configured in RAID 0 for maximum capacity or RAID 1 for redundant storage. With two quick swap hard drives, users can easily remove and replace either drive without any tools. In addition, scheduled backups to an external USB storage device, or any other Buffalo NAS device, provides an exact copy of your data for an extra level of data protection or disaster recovery preparation.

Size: 6 TB Color: Black Brand: Buffalo Technology Model: LS-WX6.0TL/R1 Original language: English Dimensions: 5.00" h x 3.40" w x 8.00" l, 5.10 pounds Networking: Ethernet 1000 Mb-s Quick Swap Drives: Easily accessible drives for quick replacement Web Access: Share your photos, music, videos or data files with family, friends and colleagues over the Internet Shared Storage: Store and share files from multiple PCs, laptops and Mac computers in one central location Time Machine Support: Use the LinkStation Duo with Time Machine backup DLNA CERTIFIED and iTunes Servers: Stream content to any DLNA compatible media player Direct copy from your USB Hard Drive or camera Free 24/7 US based Tech support

Most helpful customer reviews 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. LinkStation Duo 2 TB (2 x 1 TB) By Trenton-Joe I had one sharing permission issue right out of the box. I called Buffalo tech support and they advised me to and reset the device and update the firmware. That resolved the permissions issue. My only regret would be I didn't opt for the larger hard disks becasue I have the drives mirrored. other than that it's been about a week and no issues whatsoever. My only complaint is the drive access and cover should have been made a little more sturdy, that said the unit is quite and sleek looking. I noticed some reports in the Buffalo forum about Win 7 systems dropping the drive mappings but no such issues on my WinXP, Vista and Linux Ubuntu systems. I have local & remote access 24/7, I'm happy with my new NAS 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful. Excellent NAS By Justin E. Hester I had originally wanted to go with the Seagate BlackArmor unit but it was out of stock and after reading a number of reviews decided to go with the Buffalo unit. I'm very glad I did. Despite what some other reviewers have indicated, this current model works wonderfully and even in a mirrored raid has good response times. Of course the initial process of backing up and copying over data took a while but honestly, when running something in a raid configuration I'm not really expecting thumbdrive or SSD transfer rates. Considering it was transferring most of the data via wireless and in a raid configuration, it was fairly quick (approximately 5 hours from 4 systems simultaneously and a total of 200GB). Some may complain about this but I think those folks are expecting the unrealistic idea of copying from an internal 7200 RPM SATA to another internal 7200 RPM SATA. The reality is this was going over a wireless network and writing to 2 physical drives, not just one. So from my perspective this was a totally acceptable and quick data transfer. Reading from it is far quicker since it only needs to access a single drive for reading purposes and I can stream audio with no issues. I don't currently have any video to stream other than a handful of music videos that are scaled for 1024 x 768 and they steam without issues as well. All in all, a great purchase for the price and I already know that Buffalo stands behind their product. I know a few corp and state agencies that regularly use Buffalo NAS's in RAID for system wide backups, etc. 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Great Product By Brad Bouchard I am an AV Integrator and frequently use this product as a DNLA server for a wide variety of installations including AV receivers and Sonos music systems, I even have one at home. Works right out of the box without an extreme amount of IT knowledge. The IP interface is a little jargon filled as it can be used for a huge variety of backup tasks but as a music server I can't give it anything but praise. Cheap, quiet, solidly built. Thanks Buffalo. BradTom See all 59 customer reviews...