Buffalo Racks Up The SME Storage Market

Buffalo Technology, a provider of wired and wireless networking, network and direct attached storage solutions has announced the TeraStation III Rackmount, Buffalo’s newest SME network storage solution. Delivering hot swap capabilities, higher capacities and redundancy in a new slim, space saving 1U chassis, the TeraStation III Rackmount offers a high-performance hardware platform in a cost-effective package.

Incorporating a new hardware platform shared by the previously announced TeraStation III and TeraStation Duo, the TeraStation III Rackmount features dependable backup, eco-conscious power management, as well as enhanced business features. Along with higher capacities, the new TeraStation devices allow businesses to transfer digital assets at faster rates to securely back-up large amounts of data on multiple servers.

The TeraStation III Rackmount, like the previously announced TeraStation Duo and TeraStation III, includes new back-up features such as replication, support for Mac’s Time Machine and hot spare/ hot swap for uninterrupted operation. The new device continues to offer Buffalo’s Web Access feature for remote access to all data stored on the device via a Web browser from anywhere in the world.

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For additional reliability, the new TeraStations include two Ethernet ports and internal flash boot. With a more eco-friendly approach to electronics, Buffalo’s latest NAS devices offer enhanced power management features, which reduce power consumption by 66 percent while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions as per company claims. These power management features include a scheduled power management system with three timers, allowing for automatic shut down during non-business hours. The devices also include hard drive spin-down, which saves energy when drives are not in use.

To better function within the work environment, both the TeraStation III family include hot swappable drives for continued use even in the unlikely event of drive failure. The devices also include disk encryption for protection; controlled fans with a thermal sensor for optimal cooling; NFS and Active Directory. Other features include cartridge-mounted HDD, print server functionality, RAID5, LCD status display.

Pricing and Availability

The TeraStation III Rackmount is backed by a limited three-year warranty that includes toll-free 24/7 technical support and will be available in late August at estimated street prices of $1,299.99 for the 2TB (TS-RX2.0TL/R5), $1,799.99 for the 4TB (TS-RX4.0TL/R5), $2,299.99 for the 6TB (TS-RX6.0TL/R5) and $2,999.99 for the 8TB (TS-RX8.0TL/R5).