LinkStation™ Comparison Chart
| Feature (Mouse over a feature for description) |
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| High Performance Architecture High speed CPU and RAM provide faster network performance | Yes | ||||||
| File Sharing over Network Easily store, back up and share all your data over network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in FTP Server Access your LinkStation’s files via FTP (Files Transfer Protocol) over the Internet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web Access Feature Access and share your files from any web browser |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Memeo® AutoBackup Software included Includes Memeo backup software for automatic backup from your PCs and Macs (LifeAgent) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LinkStation to LinkStation Backup Additional LinkStations can be stacked for extra backup and storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gigabit Ethernet Networking Supports high-speed 10/100/1000Mbps LAN connections | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BitTorrent® Client Download digital content over the Internet directly to your LinkStation |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Built-in USB Print Server* Connect to a USB Printer so that all computers on your network can share one printer |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DLNA CERTIFIED™ Media Server Stream content directly to any DLNA compatible media player |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Active Directory Support Works as a client member in an Active Directory domain by utilizing the domain users and groups |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
SATA Hard Drive Serial ATA Hard Drive for faster and reliable data transfer |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email Alerts Email notifications of the LinkStation's activity, status and critical system errors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes® Server Automatically makes the LinkStation available as a content source in your iTunes software | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time Machine® Support Use the LinkStation with Time Machine backup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| USB 2.0 Port Expand storage by adding a USB 2.0 hard drive |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID-0 Mode One massive, high performance network share in a striped RAID-0 array | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| RAID-1 Mode (Mirroring) A set of two drives are separately mirrored to another set of two drives | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| RAID-5 Mode All 4 drives arrayed into a one massive network share with parity (Factory default) | Yes | ||||||
| RAID-10 Mode One striped set of mirrors |
Yes | ||||||
| Compact Design |
Yes | Yes |
* Multi-function printers not supported.
