BUFFALO LinkStation 210 4TB 1-Bay NAS Network Attached Storage with HDD Hard Drives Included NAS Storage that Works as Home Cloud or Network Storage Device for Home

✅ great quality ✅ very quiet ✅ set up was very easy ✅ nice features ✅Material is great ✅software is easy and compatible with my MOS

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)

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.

Why isn't zero stars a thing? This thing doesn't deserve 1 star, in fact it's been a net negative in my life. It's cost me money, it's cost me considerable time, and it has provided zero functionality aside from turning on. What a piece of hot garbage this thing is. I made the mistake of buying based on the average review score, rather than reading the reviews. Read the 1-star reviews. The only thing that works less than the product is the support. I bought this thing 8 days ago. When you go to their website to get support, they require your serial number. I put that in, and am told: "Not eligible for phone support. This unit only qualifies for phone support in the 90 days. Please use the email or chat option." That is cut & pasted ladies & gentlemen. "In the 90 days." In what 90 days? Because if it's the first 90 days, I should have phone support for the next 82 days. Perhaps I'll call and tell someone....oh, right, they won't give me a phone number. So I do the chat. I enter the information in to start the chat, and when I hit submit, it comes back and lets me know they've received my request and someone will contact me. That was 7 hours ago, and I haven't heard a thing. Tried again, this time chat support worked. After trying 1 thing, which was essentially just trying to login to the device, which I had already tried, the chat support rep told me to call in and someone could do a screen share. Gave me a number and I called. 30 minutes later I finally had someone, who proceeded to try the same thing the first rep tried. At this point, I have zero confidence that this thing will ever work, and even if I get it working, if there is ever an issue with it, I have zero confidence I or anyone else will be able to figure it out. I am now looking for recommendations on other NAS devices and am prioritizing genuine plug-n-play over cost. What is your time worth, people, because this thing is a time suck and I'm no closer to having network storage in my home.

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.

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.

Little hard to setup on Mac but figured it out

I don't get why people are knocking this Nas. Literally locks it in and in a minute or so then it's visible on your network. I set up the supporting program via my Mac mini. I can't say it's required but what the heck, might as well use. Pretty strait forward. I don't hear any noise but it's in my living space. I've backed up about 150 gig and it's pretty darned fast. Faster then anything else I've used. You can set up permissions etc via the app and their links. Pretty easy. VPN doesn't interfere, neither does firewall. At this point am pretty happy! No problems with any files. I Would recommend. My history with SSD drives is tainted. 2 failed within 90 days of each other, both 2 to 2 1/2 years old with mild use.. I'm hoping this does better. If anything changes I'll update. So far, it's a winner.

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.

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