Buffalo Technology Terastation Live (HSDH10TGLR5) 250 GB Network Storage Server Reviews

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Pros: It worked OK when it was working Cons: Unethical company Review: I recently tried to update the firmware on my (out of warranty) Terastation and it ended up "bricked" There was no issues updating the firmware. It finished without any errors but then would no longer work. from Shopping.com Third, it is so SLOW that I can't use it. It is slow to start, slow to restart, slow to access data. I would never purchase anything made by Buffalo ever again. For the money that I spent, I could have easily purchased a small PC and used it as a server, for not much more I could put a RAID in the server or purchase a backup drive. from Amazon.com I purchased this unit from Amazon 3/26/08 and used it for backup storage. One of many Buffalo Terastation I've purchased. It performed as expected, setup was easy, and it worked great until 4/7/09. from Amazon.com Customer support was great. Had it been Dell, I would have been **** out fo luck. Buffalo support stuff stayed with me over 1.5 hrs to walk me through the whole nightmare. If you consider this product, please, back up everything, and upgrade the firmware ASAP. from Amazon.com Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair... I've had this for about 2 years and I haven't had any problems. It has a lot of extra features that normally wouldn't be in a NAS like Web Access, FTP Server, uPnP Server (to play your media on a PS3/xBox/Media Center), iTunes Server, Print Server, Extra USB Disk Sharing, and more! I think for what it costs and what you're getting, it's a more than fair deal. from Amazon.com I am on the phone with Buffalo right now. If a Buffalo device is out of warrantee, it is a boat anchor. from Amazon.com Have it on 1Gb local network, write to the drive is fine, but if read it from a computer (such as copy photo RAW files from this drive to the computer), the computer freezes randomly; on the same network, reading it with a 100Mb Ethernet card works fine; On the same network, computer to computer copy works fine too. That is, the box doesn't support 1Gb Ethernet reliably. from Amazon.com His answer -- "yes, that is correct". I understand electronic devices fail but it's ludicrous to not offer a repair service for a fee after the warranty expires. Avoid Buffalo products at all cost!!! from Amazon.com I see lot of comments about buffalo horrible tech support. We have a couple of this in the office with raid 5 and so far, amazing work. from Amazon.com I've owned my Terastation for a little over a year with no problems whatsoever. I admit I don't use several of the advance features (e.g., password protected shares) since it's dedicated to my small home network. from Amazon.com

Description

Combining a heavy-duty power supply and cooling system, quick-swap SATA hard drives, and Gigabit Ethernet networking, the TeraStation Live allows users to have a simple, cost-effective data and media server in their home or office.

Specs

Released	over 2 years ago
Controller RAID Level	JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5
Controller Type	RAID Serial ATA
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet TCP/IP SMB
Depth	9.25 in.
Expansion Bays (free)	4 free bays
Expansion Bays (total)	4 bays
Form Factor	External
HD Data Transfer Rate	150 MBps
HD Spindle speed	7,200 RPM
Hard Drive Capacity	250 GB
Hard Drive Type	Standard
Height	12.2 in.
MPN	HS-DH1.0TGL/R5
Network Storage Type	Network Storage Server
Networking Type	Gigabit Network Adapter
Operating System	Linux Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows XP
Platform	PC Unix
Ports	1 x LAN 2 x USB 2.0
Quantity	4
Release Date	August, 2007
Special Features	Print Server NAS Additional Drive capacity via USB 2.0 FTP Server
UPC	747464113302
Warranty	1 Year
Weight	16.1 lb.
Width	6.69 in.

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