Buffalo LinkStation 410 and LinkStation 420 Refresh

By Hubert Nguyen on 01/07/2013, filed in Home > Computers

Buffalo LinkStation 410 and LinkStation 420 Refresh [CES 2013] Buffalo is coming up with two interesting models that are part of the 2013 refresh of the LinkStation line of network-attached storage (NAS). Both models feature a significant increase in performance (in MB/s) which is mainly due to a new processor (CPU) and a lot more memory. The CPU went from a frequency of 600Mhz to one of 1.6GHz, and the memory went from 64MB (DDR2) to 256MB (DDR3).
Buffalo LinkStation 410 and LinkStation 420 Refresh
Both upgrade are important and the combined effect should be a faster NAS, not only for read/write speed, but also for overall responsiveness, which is not negligible when you are the administrator. Both NAS devices are marketed to home or small business users.

The LinkStation 410 ($229 2TB to $399 4TB) is a single drive NAS, while the LinkStation 420 ($289 2TB to $719 8TB) is a dual drive model. There’s also a LinkStation 421E ($149 enclosure) version which is the fastest dual-bay model at Buffalo which also features a USB 3.0 port in the front of the chassis.

Buffalo LinkStation 410 and LinkStation 420 Refresh

Buffalo: Buffalo Inc. is a manufacturer of storage, multimedia, and wireless networking products for the home and small business. Buffalo is a subsidiary of Melco Holdings Inc., a family-owned business founded by Makoto Maki in 1975. The company was previously involved in manufacturing audio equipments, but it finally entered the computer peripheral market in 1981. Today, Buffalo is recognized as the number one overall PC peripheral manufacturer in Japan, and has been a consumer NAS market leader from year 2005 to 2010. Buffalo has offices in the U.K., France, Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, and U.S.

CES: CES is the acronym for the (International) Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest consumer-electronics shows in the world. Although it is held in Las Vegas today, the first CES happened in June 1967 in New York City and Bob Gavin, the CEO of Motorola was the opening keynote speaker for that first edition. Subsequently, CES was held twice a year: the summer edition was in New York, and the winter edition was in Las Vegas, that is, until 1998 when CES became a once-a-year show. CES has been the introduction place for key products and technologies, including: Pong (1975), Nintendo NES (1985), Tetris (1988), Compact Disc (1991), HDTV (1998), Xbox (2001), Blu-Ray (2003), OLED TV (2008). Check our latest CES Coverage

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