hose across India on the lookout for a dual drive shared storage solution could probably consider the LinkStation Pro Duo network storage being extended by Buffalo. It’s taken a couple of months for this device to reach Indian shores since the company first unveiled it back in October 2010 with their V-series products.
The benefits of shared storage and backing up of files from multiple PCs, Macs or notebooks can be leveraged with this device. A 1.6GHz processor housed within the chassis delivers users data transfer rates of around 72MB/s, while TurboPC with Turbo Copy fires up the PC performance and file transfer speed by almost 35%.
The LinkStation Pro Duo is compatible with Time Machine backup and includes NovaBackup Professional, a backup utility that can be used with up to five Windows-run PCs. There’s a power savings facility shuts down the drive at preset timings in order to regulate it’s energy consumption.
While talking about the LinkStation Pro Duo, Susumu Kobayashi, Country Head of Buffalo India, remarked, “Just plug it into any network Ethernet port or into the back of your wireless router and instantly access it on any networked computer in your house.”
USB hard drives or cameras may be offloaded to the device by simply plugging them in and FTP as also print servers are part of the firmware. Buffalo’s free WebAccess service permits users to remotely access their respective files over the internet or any regular web browser. With the WebAccess i app from iTunes, content stored on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices can be accessed and shared easily.
This DLNA-certified storage solution is a BitTorrent client and allows connectivity to an Active Directory Domain for Windows user authentication and folder level permissions. It has a USB 2.0 port for hooking up a UPS for AC power failure management or attaching a printer to the network or adding an extra USB hard drive.
The 2TB LS-WV2.0TL and 4TB LS-WV4.0TL are tagged at Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 22,000, correspondingly. Each of the devices come backed by three-year warranties. The LinkStation Pro Duo is also available in an enclosure-type model without the hard drive for Rs. 8,500.
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