Buffalo 2-Bay TeraStation 5010 NAS Replaced With Partially Populated 4-Bay TeraStation 5010

Buffalo Americas, Inc. announced a product transition of the 2-bay TeraStation 5210DN directly to the partially-populated 4-bay desktop TeraStation 5410DN NAS models.

The TS5410DN models belong to the TeraStation 5010 line of performance NAS solutions, and are purpose-built to fulfill the storage needs of small businesses.

The partially-populated 4-bay TS5010 models will include two NAS-grade HDDs, and will be available in capacities of 4, 8, and 16TB. Partially-populated models are storage solutions that can meet users’ immediate storage needs at an entry-level cost while offering the flexibility to expand for growth. Designed to support storage requirements associated with simultaneous virtualized scenarios, it is VMware Certified for iSCSI and NFS, so users can expand their server space without the need for specialized equipment. The native 10GbE port, when paired with the company’s 10GbE multi-gigabit business switch (BS-MP20), can increase network speeds by up to 2.7x faster in a 1GbE environment.

It also includes cloud integration, including services such as Microsoft OneDrive, Azure, Amazon S3, and Dropbox. This allows users who use cloud services as their primary storage to establish a hybrid cloud, benefits including lower recurring cloud cost, faster access to locally stored data and enhanced data security.

The company’s line of TeraStation network storage solutions are secure storage. With security features such as Boot Authentication, 256-bit encryption, as well as the device being on a closed system so there are less intrusion vulnerabilities, users can be confident that their data is stored on a secure device that protects vs. data loss.