Comparison Charts
LinkStation™ Comparison Chart
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Web Access |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in FTP Server Access your LinkStation’s files via FTP (Files Transfer Protocol) over the Internet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Two USB 2.0 Ports Connect up to 2 USB Hard Drives simultaneously | Yes | Yes | ||
| Memeo™ AutoBackup Software included Easy to use Memeo™ backup software for automatic backups on Windows® PCs included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gigabit Ethernet Networking Supports high-speed 10/100/1000Mbps LAN connections | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buffalo PCast Media Server Multimedia server for streaming multimedia to a Buffalo LinkTheater™ Media Player | Yes | |||
| Built-in USB Print Server Connect to a USB Printer so that all computers on your network can share one printer |
Yes | Yes | ||
DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Server For multimedia streaming to any DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Player, such as the LinkTheater™ Wireless A&G Media Player |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Active Directory Support Works as a client member in an Active Directory domain by utilizing the domain users and groups |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SATA Hard Drive 7200RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive for faster and reliable data transfer |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email Alerts Email notifications of the LinkStation's activity, status and critical system errors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID 0 | Yes | Yes | ||
| RAID 1 | Yes | Yes | ||
| Windows OS Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mac OS Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeraStation™ Comparison Chart
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| High Performance Architecture High speed CPU and RAM provide faster network performance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID-5 Mode All 4 drives arrayed into a one massive network share with parity (Factory default) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Standard (JBOD) Mode Four individual network shares | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spanning Mode One massive network share | |||
| RAID-0 Mode One massive, high performance network share in a striped RAID-0 array | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID-1 Mode (Mirroring) A set of two drives are separately mirrored to another set of two drives | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID-10 Mode One striped set of mirrors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File Sharing over Network Easily store, back up and share all your data over network | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DFS (Distributed File System) Support Allows multiple TeraStations to work seamlessly together as one unit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in FTP Server Access your TeraStation’s files via FTP (Files Transfer Protocol) over the Internet | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Memeo™ AutoBackup Software included Fully automated Memeo™ backup software for Windows® PCs included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TeraStation to TeraStation Backup Additional TeraStations can be stacked for extra backup and storage | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email Alerts Email notifications of status of TeraStation's activity and critical system errors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Two USB 2.0 Ports Connect up to 2 USB Hard Drives simultaneously | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fanless Power Supply Equipped with a power supply that does not require a cooling fan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Active Directory Support Works as a client member in an Active Directory domain utilizing the domain users and groups. | Yes | Yes | |
| Quick Swap Removable Hard Drives Front panel access to hard drives for quick hard drive replacement (Power off is required for hard drive replacement) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Schedulable RAID Consistency Check Advanced RAID system to regularly check hard drive performance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buffalo PCast Media Server Multimedia server for streaming multimedia to a Buffalo LinkTheater™ Media Player. | Yes | ||
| DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Server For multimedia streaming to any DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Player, such as the LinkTheater™ Wireless A&G Media Player. | Yes | ||
| Status LCD Display Informative display reporting important data such as disk usage, network information, RAID mode and system errors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IDE Hard Drives 7200 RPM IDE ATA100/133 Hard Drives | |||
| SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drives | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in USB Print Server Connect to a USB Printer so that all computers on your network can share one printer | Yes | ||
| High Tolerance Cooling System Enhanced cooling system designed to keep the device cool, even in high intensity operating environments, server rooms | Yes | Yes | Yes |
LinkTheater™ Comparison Chart
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| Built-in DVD Player Includes a progressive-scan DVD player | Yes | |
| Network Playback from PCs Plays back multimedia content from Windows® PCs over network | Yes | Yes |
| Network Playback from Macs Plays back multimedia content from Macs (OS 10.2.3 and higher) over network | Yes | |
| Works with Buffalo PCast Media Servers Supports playback from Buffalo Pcast Multimedia Servers, such as LinkStation™ or TeraStation™ Home Servers | Yes | Yes |
| Works with DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Servers Supports playback from DLNA™ CERTIFIED Media Servers | Yes | |
| USB Port USB Port for using media stored on USB storage devices | Yes | Yes |
| Native File Playback Plays back multimedia content without the help of a PC transcoder application | Yes | Yes |
| Wireless 802.11g Support Built-in wireless 802.11g radio | Yes | Yes |
| Wireless 8002.11a Support Built-in wireless 802.11a radio | Yes | |
| One-Touch Wireless Setup with AOSS™ Easy wireless setup with Buffalo's AirStation One-Touch Secure System™ | Yes | Yes |
| WPA-PSK Security Support for high strength wireless encryption (TKIP) | Yes | |
| WMV 9, MPEG 2, MPEG 4 Support Plays back video content | Yes | Yes |
| H.264 Video Support Plays back h.264 video files | Yes | |
| MP3, WMA, WAV Support Plays back audio content | Yes | Yes |
| JPG, BMP, TIFF Plays back image content | Yes | Yes |
| 480p Video Mode Support for 480p video; 720x480 progressive | Yes | Yes |
| 720p Video Mode Support for 720p video; 1280x720 progressive | Yes | Yes |
| 1080i Video Mode Support for 1080i video; 1920x1080 interlaced | Yes | |
| Windows® Media Connect Support Supports playback using Windows® Media Connect | Yes | Yes |
| Intel® Viiv™ Support Supports playback in an Intel® Viiv™ Zone | Yes |
