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LinkStation™ Network Storage for PC and Mac®

Buffalo's LinkStation shared network storage drives are ideal for backing up PCs and Mac computers on your network while simultaneously sharing digital assets, multimedia files and documents. With shared network storage capacities up to 12 TB and advanced data protection technologies like RAID, LinkStation is the safe, reliable and cost-effective shared storage solution.

LinkStation Models
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Number of Drives
  1   1   2   2   2   4
Capacity Range
  1 - 3 TB   1 - 3 TB   500 GB - 1 TB   1 - 6 TB   2 - 6 TB   2 - 12 TB
RAID Modes
      0/1/Normal   0/1/Normal   0/1/Normal   0/1/5/10/Normal
Performance   41.5 MB/s   76 MB/s   41.5 MB/s   41.5 MB/s   72 MB/s   72 MB/s
CPU/Memory
  600 MHz Processor / 64 MB DDR2 RAM   1.6 GHz Processor / 256 MB DDR3 RAM   600 MHz Processor / 64 MB DDR2 RAM   600 MHz Processor / 64 MB DDR2 RAM   1.6 GHz Processor / 256 MB DDR3 RAM   1.6 GHz Processor / 256 MB DDR3 RAM
USB 2.0 Accessory Port
Expand storage by adding a USB 2.0 hard drive
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Active Directory
Works as a client member in an Active Directory domain by utilizing the domain users and groups
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Suitable Uses
  Home   Home   Home   Home/Small Office   Home/Small Office   Home/Small Office
Buffalo NAS System
Complete NAS software system powered by Linux. Extremely easy to use, browser-based configuration.
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