Buffalo announced two new external hard drive storage solutions, the DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Duad. Both of them feature USB 2.0 and eSATA 3.0 for high-speed data transfer. They include the NovaBACKUP Business Essentials.
The DriveStation Duo is a dual-drive storage system supporting RAID 0 and RAID 1 for data redundancy or the capacity required for demanding professional and server applications. It offers up to 225MB/s transfer speed with eSATA 3.0.
The DriveStation Duad has four hard drives and supports RAID 0, 5, 10 and Normal modes. It is shipped with RAID 5, for a prime balance between data redundancy and available storage capacity. This quad-drive storage solution offers up to 235 MB/s speed with eSATA 3.0 and is avialable in capacities up to 8TB.
Also introduced is the DriveStation Axis single drive external hard drive with a sleek, attractive chassis. It is equipped with Buffalo Backup Utility.
Models and Pricing:
DriveStation Duo
- 2TB HD-WL2TSU2R1 – $274.99
- 4TB HD-WL4TSU2R1 – $454.99
DriveStation Quad
- 4TB HD-QL4TSU2R5 – $624.99
- 8TB HD-QL8TSU2R5 – $1134.99
DriveStation Axis
- 1TB HD-LB1.0TU2 – $104.99
- 1.5TB HD-LB1.5TU2 – $124.99
- 2TB HD-LB2.0TU2 – $169.99
