BUFFALO LinkStation 210 1-Bay NAS (2TB, Drive Included)

Specifications

Interface

1GbE

Form Factor

1-Bay

Endurance

—

Warranty

2 years

Brand

Buffalo

Price / TB

$153,990.00/TB

Value Score Breakdown

Our Verdict

The LinkStation 210 ships with a 2TB drive already installed. Unbox it, connect it to your router, and it is accessible on the network within minutes. There is no configuration required beyond the initial setup wizard. The 800 MHz ARM processor and 256MB RAM handle file sharing, DLNA media streaming, and Time Machine backups for Mac, and nothing more computationally demanding. A 1-bay unit has no RAID option; a single drive failure loses all stored data. At $153.99 it is the lowest entry price for a network-attached storage device in this category. The next step up is the BUFFALO SoHo 220 2-bay 8TB at $395.99, which includes drives and supports RAID 1 so one drive can fail without data loss. For anyone storing files they cannot afford to lose, the SoHo 220 is the correct choice. The LS210 suits a single-person home who wants a simple shared network drive and keeps important files backed up separately on a cloud service or external drive.