Buffalo LinkStation server

Japanese accessory maker Buffalo is launching a new series of network area storage (NAS) drives in its LinkStation series, the LS-WTGL/R1s. While in many respects normal NAS drives, allowing multiple users to access files in a local network, users can also register them through Buffalo's website, which grants users with proper IDs and passwords access to download files via the Internet, though uploading is blocked. Users must otherwise connect to the LinkStations via gigabit Ethernet.

Capacities include 1, 1.5 and 2TB, which can organized into either the unified RAID 0 format, or into RAID 1, which mirrors data on separate drives for backup purposes. Should users need more storage, external hard drives can be attached via a USB 2.0 port. Both Macs and PCs are supported; the drives will release between mid-November and mid-December, costing 59,010, 100,380 and 132,825 yen ($515, $876 and $1,160). [via Impress Watch]

By Electronista Staff