LinkStation 210 2TB 1-Bay NAS Network Attached Storage with HDD Hard Drives Included NAS Storage that Works as Home Cloud or Network Storage Device for Home

Absolutely amazing experience thus far, it's been around 2-3~ years with this product and I've had little to zero issues. It does randomly crash and need restart maybe once every like six months, but no data corruption occurs and it handles power outages great.

Great NAS for making yourself a cloud storage location that only you control. Buffalo systems are very reliable, very basic interface, easy to configure. Compatible with Windows and Linux for file copies and backup operations.

Used to use exclusively Buffalo drives from my back up and storage, USED TO.. When setting up on my old computer I could not get time machine to connect to the drive, verified setting and even reformatted. Had to manually transfer files, a very arduous task on the front end and back. Setting up the new computer it took some time to find the downloads again from the web site. Tried to install the network tool and am left feeling abandoned as current Mac OS is not supported. This is completely unacceptable. 4 TB of data that I can not access. By the time I get a new drive, set the old system back up and transfer everything my return window on this thing will have elapsed. So I will be stuck with a brand new brick. It's and absolute shame. Hardware wise it still seems very well constructed and is of a quality I have come to expect from Buffalo, but they will let you down on the back end. They forgot that network drives need network software and support.

I would give this a 5 Star review except for a one reason. Keep in mind, the drive out of the box is set up to be a 3TB mirrored drive (RAID 1). If you want 6TBs you have to manually reconfigure it to be RAID 0 (not mirrored-not a big deal and not a reason to drop a Star). What stops me from rating it 5 Stars is the data transfer speeds. The manufacturer claims you can do a data transfer Network drive to Network drive using their USB ports. I also have a 12TB LinkStation that I needed to go to because, believe it or not, I burned all 6TBs on videos and needed more room. It took 2-1/2 days to transfer the data from the 6TB to 12TB drive because when you copy the files it goes through your computer which, even with a Gigabit router it does the copy through your computer and the transfer rate is only 10MB/sec - 12MB/sec. Again, the documentation claims you can do a direct transfer through USB ports on the drives, but neither drive will recognize the other drive when connected by a USB cable. I am fairly tech savvy, did a lot of research on how it is supposed to work, tried a number of different methods, but none of them worked. In short, their direct transfer "function" simply does not work. But the drives themselves work very well. I use my Smart Blu Ray player and my Smart TV to access the videos on the drives all the time.

Exceeds expectations so far. All I really wanted was a basic network storage drive for my home office so I can have that magic "L:" drive or whatever accessible by all my machines on the network can map to for central location storage location for test data, business admin data, personal data, whatever. Being my first NAS I decided to go with this less-expensive model (without RAID) as a low-risk intro, and so far I'm very impressed. Bonus Features: This is probably why most other people buy this thing, but I like the idea of it doubling as a media server for the whole home wifi network also. NOTES for PC users - read this and it might save you a few minutes: -I noticed some negative comments about the setup, and it can be a little misleading. It actually came with a cd/dvd, and the setup instructions (which ironically you don't really end up needing) said you're supposed to run the driver setup from the dvd (as if everyone still has a dvd drive!). Not having dvd drive I downloaded the software from Buffalo support site, and it said "it couldn't find a device on the network that needs updating". To me this sounded like it couldn't find the drive, but after getting a little frustrated and researching it turns out the firmware was just already up-to-date. Logging into my router admin I could see the device just fine and get its IP, and the admin tool accessible by typing the ip into a browser is nice and intuitive (if you're remotely familiar with basic pc/networking concepts). It is there where I started looking around at features and discovered I can plug a usb storage device right into this thing AND easily set up backup jobs from the drive to the storage drive. Also cool I can actually see the USB drive from that network share also - pretty sweet and versatile looking. Overall I give it a 4.7 out of 5.0 so (-0.1 for slightly misleading instructions, and -0.2 because it actually had a dvd come with it! lol)

The installation is fairly simple, and the Ikea-like Quick Setup Guide is quite adequate for making the initial setup easy. The problem I encountered was using the software to configure the unit. It failed to find the unit but gave no errors or clues about what might be wrong. The claim was that the support is great so I thought it would be moderately easy to get an answer. I was wrong. I found the support page on their website but the only telephone option was to call sales. The victim must enter the serial number of the unit which is not all that easy to find. I entered my number and was directed to enter a message to support. I received no acknowledgement that my support query had been accepted so I kept searching on the interweb for possible reasons for my unit not being detected and found that it had to be on the same subnet. After rearranging my network, I was able to configure the unit but then could not create the shares with various issues. I found an article about having to create Windows credentials and that got me closer but still no joy. I had registered my unit as a first step. As I was trying to research the issue, I received an email telling me that my warranty had been accepted. I went back to their support page and, this time, after entering my serial number I was given a support telephone number to call. The support person was helpful and knowledgeable. He corrected the settings being still set to being DISABLED which he indicated were the default. I still have a hard time believing that the unit comes with the shares being disabled but it works, now. Buffalo needs to improve the software side of the installation and give their victims hints and guidance about what may be causing issues. I have installed the backup software, but it seems rather lame and ineffective. Hopefully, it is better than it appears on first blush.

We have three 2 TeraByte Linkstation 210s and are very happy with the product. They replaced 12 year old Buffalos that were totally reliable but recently began to have power supply issues (dried caps). They also had to be restarted after power failures. Happy to report that the new 210s will automatically boot up. No UPS needed. The power supply is external. I am seeing many negative reviews here that probably reflect a lack of documentation and "walk-me-through-the-entire-process" setup. Frankly, I do not even bother with software. The Buffaloes find a home through DHCP default, I use a network scan to find them, and then log in as administrator. Takes about 2 minutes to begin logging in and setup. Once I change admin password, set a static IP, rename the drive, enable FTP and other services, then it is ready to go. For those concerned about server message block revisions, this device is SMBv2 which is appreciated by Windows 10 for now. It works just fine with our Win 10s, our MAC, and our Linux Mint machines. Supports Time Machine and has a built-in printer and Media server. Built-in incremental backup using external USB drive. It does not have a readily-accessible tweak for every little thing as it is targeted for home use, but it gets the job done. In conclusion, if you know about NAS and networks then this should work great for you. If you are not, then apparently Buffalo needs to sit down and discover a way for non-techies to get it running. Maybe a library of videos to accompany knowledge base PDFs. Figure out a means to explain what a router is, how to log in and setup the firewall for port forwarding. How to map a network drive. Or, in these days, just find a 10 year old kid to help you get it going. ******** UPDATE ******** Windows 11 now forces all SMB connections to have SMB sign-in enabled. No more anonymous NAS access. This can be turned off by group policy or registry hack if you are willing to accept the risk. Gaggle the web for details.

I've been doing HD backups for my personal use and home office for 30 years. Since 2020, I've been using Buffalo LinkStations. One criterion that I used in selecting Buffalo is that it can simultaneously support both Mac (TimeMachine) and Windows (simple drive mount + copy) backups to different partitions. It does this, reliably. Workhorse backup is over WiFi, and it's slow but usually dependable. I've had a number of these drives over the years - mean time to failure has always exceeded the warranty so far. Note to casual users from someone who's been in The Business: Do not use one backup drive. The time you find out it's not working is the time you need it. I have 2-3 and swap them out every month or so. Keep one in another location if you can. NEVER EVER EVER use a backup drive as your sole repository for anything important. I also use cloud backup as an alternative just in case (i.e. a home fire, burglary), but restoration of terabytes from cloud would be extremely slow. ALL drives fail so don't let that hurt you. Quirks: Buffalo is a Japanese company. I used to work in software for a major Japanese company, and Japanese software design is, well, um.... DIFFERENT. Let's just say non-intuitive. That said, once you figure it out Buffalo's software is actually really good. In fact the best I have dealt with. Software from other manufactures is sometimes totally clueless as to what their users need or even downright hostile. Also the documentation... good luck with that. Think of it as a puzzle you are solving for a prize. I just ordered two more and thought it was about time I did a review.

LinkStation LS210DE19 – 2T byte single drive NAS I started using NAS well over 10 years ago. My first NAS (which is still in use is a Buffalo LS-GL284 250 Gbytes) and is around 90%+ full. So then I bought a second Buffalo NAS LS-XLFA8 2T byte unit a few years back but it has become intermittent with an overheating problem causing frequent shutdowns. The files I store on the NAS are not that critical BUT I still wouldn’t like to lose them. Consequently I decided to turf the XLFA8 2T unit and buy a new LinkStation LS210DE19 – 2T byte single drive NAS (and also because it was on sale). As a lot of other reviews state – setup is “not easy” but once set up the NAS does what it’s supposed to do. The instruction sheet that comes with the unit for set-up is less than useless and the CD…. well, it does make a good coffee coaster. I found the “Online Manual” for the NAS to be excellent but at 133 pages in length “ya gotta have patience”. I actually found it a good reference manual after I figured out how to set up the NAS. I set up the NAS using NAS NAVIGATOR2 to find it’s IP address on my LAN and then used the NAS management GUI to perform the setup. After about 6 hours the NAS was up and flying. The area’s I configured on the NAS were the: • Basics – Time, NAS Name, etc • Power management schedule • Local User Names and their privileges • Files folders, their shares and Access Restrictions • Network IP, etc • WebAccess to the NAS (I use an Android phone and the Buffalo WebAccess app) So as can be seen, there are a lot of area’s that I have not set up (RAID / BACKUPS / FTP /DLNA / BitTorrent) and a bunch of other stuff which do not use currently. I did use the NAS “USB Direct Copy” which worked well (good explanation in online manual) and NAS WebAccess on an Android phone was straight forward to set up. File transfer rates on my LAN are about 8-10 megabits /sec. For my type of activity this is OK but others would call this rate very slow. (File transfer rates via WebAccess were/are much faster!!) My final conclusions are that the NAS is a good unit, serves my purpose, is priced OK and I would recommend it to others. Now, if you are new to all of this IP stuff then – “get some help” to set it up.

muy bueno

El producto tardo mucho pero llego bien. Las instrucciones no venían en español ni en cualquier otro idioma porque eran inexistentes, hubo que buscarse la vida en internet. Después de un mes intentando configurar el dispositivo ME RINDO. La devolución me cuesta un pastón ya que hay que devolverlo a mi cargo por transporte internacional. Me he bajado instrucciones, muy malos tutoriales todos en ingles americano casi incomprensibles para mi. No digo que el producto sea malo puesto que me ha sido imposible configurarlo y usarlo, pero desde luego no es nada fácil de usar.

For what it is, perfect! A NAS with only one disk is not a complete solution, because there is no built-in resilience or recovery system. That did not matter, because I have 4 other 4TB drives linked to 4 PCs, and this is simply a central repository. The big advantage is that it is always on, 24x7, when the PC's are NOT. It is therefore available for update/interrogation from various mobile devices. A full NAS solution would have cost at least twice the price, and most of its functions would have been redundant. It came with a US power supply, but luckily a retired UK unit worked perfectly.

Justo lo que esperaba, lo co ecte a mi red de oficina con switc gigabit y es rápido, y el dlna funciona excelente, lo recomiendo, aparte de todo. Es silencioso