Buffalo LinkStation™ 220 2TB Network Attached Storage Drive - New

Buffalo™ Technology’s LinkStation™ (LS220D series) combine an incredibly easy User Interface with the convenience, security and capacity of dual-bay, RAID-ready Network Attached Storage.

The LS220D is affordable, fast and primed for intensive data storage tasks. Its pre-configured and can even be set up via Smartphones with a new mobile optimised and intuitive interface. Designed with 2 hard drives that allow users to choose RAID 0 for enhanced performance or RAID 1 for mirroring as part of a backup solution.

The LS220D comes with Buffalo's free personal private cloud, wherever you are, all your data is accessible from any web browser or via Buffalo's WebAccess Apps for Android®. iOS or Windows® Phone. With Buffalo's Private Cloud Solution users data stays protected in the physical location of the device, not off site in a third party's data centre.

 Up to four HD films can be streamed simultaneously, allowing each family member to watch their favourite film on their own device at the same time. The LS220 is DLNA and Twonky Beam ready and can also stream high end and DSD audio files without losing quality.

Buffalo™ Technology's LS220 series is a two bay Network Attached Storage device available as a diskless enclosure, or fully populated with 2,4 or 6 or 8TB capacity.

Features and Benefits

• High-Performance Dual Issue CPU - Marvell Armada 370, 800MHz, 256MB DDR3 Ram
• New Easy to Use Mobile Optimised Interface Facilitates Easy Set up with Smartphones
• Read Speeds up to 100MB/s, Write Speeds up to 50MB/s*
• Two Bay NAS, Sold as a Diskless Enclosure or Fully Populated with 2,4,6 or 8TB Capacity
• Buffalo's Private Cloud Solution Makes Data Accessible from Anywhere with Web Browsers or Via free Buffalo™ WebAccess Apps for Tablets and Smartphones
• Provides a Central Location and Sharing Capability Across your Network for Growing Media Libraries Including iTunes® or any DLNA Media Server Client
• Also Supports Twonky Beam
• Award-Winning NovaBACKUP® Buffalo Edition for PC - 5 licenses Included
• Time Machine® Ready for Multi-Client Mac Backups

*1 client; for more than 2 active clients the LinkStation™ 400 series is recommended

Powerful Backup - NovaBACKUP

• The LinkStation™ 220 is bundled with five licenses of NovaBACKUP® Buffalo Edition. NovaBACKUP® automatically backs up your personal documents along with your favorite photos, music and videos, and protects your data on workstations locally and online. Regardless of theft, user error or hardware failure, NovaBACKUP® keeps your data secure

Built-in BitTorrent

• Download media files directly to your LinkStation™ 220 without having to power up your PC with the built-in BitTorrent™ client. A BitTorrent™ client is a programme that uses the BitTorrent™ protocol to manage large file downloads and uploads over the Internet

Quick and Easy Set-up

• The LS220 is fast and ready for intensive data storage tasks and can even be set up via Smartphones with a new mobile optimised and intuitive interface

WebAccess - Free Apps

• Easily open Linkstation™ files from a remote site or with free WebAccess Apps available for Windows 8, iOS, Android®, and Windows Phone 7 – 8

Direct Stream Digital (DSD)

• Stream digital music in studio quality - the LS220 series has Direct Stream Digital (DSD) playback and streams high-end audio files without losing quality. Buffalo is working together with major Audio equipment brands to ensure compatibility with most network-capable AV Receivers, Players, and Streamers and DSD-native and DSD over PCM file formats

Gigabit Ethernet Port 10/100/1000

• Gigabit Ethernet port enabled for high-speed network connectivity

Built in FTP and Print Servers

• Access your LinkStation™ 220 files via the built-in FTP server or print from anywhere on your network via the built-in print server, using USB 2.0 printer

Restricted Network Access

• Set access to network at group and user security levels to protect data

Seamlessly Wired to iTunes

• Access music files stored on your LinkStation™ 220 with your iTunes software

Active Directory Support

• Works as a client in an Active Directory domain allowing the LinkStation™ 220 to utilise the domain users and groups

Backup for Multiple Mac Computers

• Supports Apple Time Machine - for backing up multiple Mac computers

Backup for Linkstations

• Schedule backups from one LinkStation™ to another over your LAN network or to an external hard disk drive via USB