Price: $499.00
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Product Description
Buffalo Americas is a leading provider of easy-to-use technology solutions and reliable pre- and post-sales help with over 45 years in existence.
We build top-quality storage, networking, and other technology-related solutions that simplify your experience and deliver a solid return on your investment.
DriveStation Quad
High Performance 4-Drive External Desktop Storage and Backup
Buffalo’s DriveStation Quad is a 4-drive, RAID enabled USB 3.2 Gen 1 storage solution ideal for small servers, creative professionals, offices and consumers who need redundant and high-performance external storage.
Equipped with four optimized hard drives, DriveStation Quad features the redundancy and performance required for demanding professional and server applications.
High performance, NAS-grade hard drives optimized for continuous 24/7/365 operation USB 3.2 Gen 1 offers universal connectivity for PC and Mac computers Schedule automatic backups for your PC or office server with NovaBACKUP Buffalo Edition Time Machine support offers scheduled backups to protect data on Mac computers RAID 5/10 support and hot-swappable hard drives provide comprehensive data protection
Easy to Use Storage
With terabytes of storage, DriveStation Quad provides a reliable, easy to use storage solution to quickly expand the capacity of your PC and Mac computers with universal USB 3.2 Gen 1 plug-and-play.
Scheduled Backup
DriveStation Quad is perfect for backing up your important files. It features eleven licenses of NovaBACKUP Buffalo Edition for Windows PCs and servers (one server and ten workstations) and Time Machine support for backing up Mac computers.
Hot Swappable Hard Drives
DriveStation Quad’s hot swap feature allows a user to replace a hard drive in the event of failure without powering down the device.
Simply remove the defective drive, insert the new drive and the data rebuilds while still being available to clients on the network with zero downtime.
Buffalo Tools
Buffalo Tools is a feature-rich suite of optional software included on the Buffalo DriveStation Quad.
Any or all of the following components of Buffalo Tools may be installed on Windows PCs: Buffalo’s Backup Utility, TurboPC, eco Manager, and SecureLock.
RAID 0
DriveStation Quad provides users the flexibility to easily maximize capacity or protect their data using RAID redundancy.
RAID 0 combines all drives into a single array offering maximum storage capacity with no redundancy.
RAID 1
DriveStation Quad provides users the flexibility to easily maximize capacity or protect their data using RAID redundancy.
RAID 1 mirrors the four drives, creating an exact copy of data on each drive for fault tolerance.
RAID 5
DriveStation Quad provides users the flexibility to easily maximize capacity or protect their data using RAID redundancy.
RAID 5 stripes the data across all four drives, interspersing parity data to provide an efficient blend of fault tolerance and storage capacity.
RAID 10
DriveStation Quad provides users the flexibility to easily maximize capacity or protect their data using RAID redundancy.
RAID 10 mirrors two sets of hard drives and combines them into a single array, striping data across all mirrored sets for fault tolerance and increased performance.
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10
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Number of Drives Included
1 1 2 4
Capacity Range
4 – 8 TB 2 – 3 TB 4 – 8 TB 16 – 24 TB
Interface Connection
USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1
Hard Drive Type
Desktop Desktop NAS-Grade NAS-Grade
Supported RAID
n/a n/a 0/1/JBOD 0/1/5/10/JBOD
Cache Acceleration
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Wy
2 years 3 years 3 years 3 years
Pre-tested NAS-grade hard drives included – with RAID pre-configured
Premium desktop attached storage (DAS): ideal for creative professionals, small office users, server backup and consumers
3 year wty with 24/7 North American-based support
Schedule automatic backups for your PC or office server with nova backup Buffalo Edition
Time Machine support offers scheduled backups for protecting Mac computers
8 TB – 4 drives included – ships in RAID 5 = 6 TB usable capacity
Hot swap feature allows a user to replace a hard drive in the event of failure without powering down the device
Made in Japan – TAA compliant
High performance NAS edition hard drives offer continuous 24/7/365 operation with enhanced RAID performance
USB 3.0 offers universal connectivity for PC and Mac computers and storage servers
Multiple levels of RAID support and hot-swappable hard drives provide comprehensive data protection
Ideal for creative professionals, small office users, server backup and consumers
Customers say
Customers find the drive station fast, with one mentioning that editing photos in Photoshop and Lightroom over USB 3.0 is quick.
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