Buffalo Technology TeraStation Duo 2.0 TB (2 x 1 TB) Network Attached Storage TS-WX2.0TL/R1
- Hot swap hard drive trays behind the front panel for easy drive access and replacement
- Advanced RAID system continually checks hard drive and RAID performance
- Active Directory Support
- 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet with Jumbo Frame with Two Ethernet ports for port trunking
- LCD Display shows important TeraStation information and disk status
TeraStation Duo is Buffalo's dual drive, business-class network storage solution, designed with reliability and performance in mind. It is nearly feature identical to successful TeraStation III, but houses only two hard drives instead of four. The un
List Price: $ 859.99
Price: $ 318.53
Complicated but functional,
This is my third NAS drive in about as many years, the Terastation is replacing a Synology DS207+ and makes a much more solid impression. I liked the features such as dual Ethernet ports and hot-swap capability and the generally more business oriented design over the Synology’s jack of all trades approach, as I am mostly storing files and I want reliable access from 3-4 machines, nothing fancy. While the TS runs well (for about a month now) I find the setup confusing and the manual unclear. Just turning it on and off is different from what I am used to, especially since the unit isn’t powered down often. On the other hand, when running it does its job without much intervention. It’s even backing itself up on two USB drives hooked up to it and sends me an email when the jobs are complete, but it beats me why the jobs are referred to be a name in the setup while the email uses only job numbers identified nowhere.
If you like a heavier duty NAS drive, this seems to be a good choice, but be prepared to fuddle with it for a while.
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|small and huge. Perfect technology.,
Our IT guy set this up as our file server. in a nutshell perfect. Huge capacity, very small device and works flawlessly. In a nutshell, perfect piece of technology.
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|Great product, but has Firmware issue,
With the newest OSX from Apple, the firmware won’t work for OSX features such as Time Machine, which is the sole reason I purchased this product. I have checked their website, and they make mentions of the firmware to be updated back in June, with a planned release of August, and I also emailed them a question asking about the status, never getting a response back.
Also, the “NASNavigator” software that it had installed on my mac has never once found the drive while viewing it on the local network. Though that may be because of the OSX issue above. As such, I turned the drive to be on all the time rather than to go into sleep mode (which would happen often [while I'm using it!] with NasNavi not seeing the drive)
I have already transferred my music over to it, regardless, as I planned to use it beyond Time Machine as a NAS, as it should be, with a single common library for my iTunes. It was easy to set up, and simple to use. I’m glad I have it.
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