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Buffalo Network Hard Drives ... What do you think of them
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Post 1 made on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at 13:40
wireman_095
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I have used a lot of network hard drives in the past but Buffalo is the first one I have ever used that went bad with in a year of being plugged in and was never used. We put it in the job to store music for a streamer that was going in. Because of the customer traveling it was over a year before we were called back to hook it up. When we went to set it up it was locked up at to my surprise had no power switch or reset button. Everything is done though the network and if it can't access the network it is pretty much a paper weight. I have remote drives I have been using for or 6 years with no problems and yes I know they go bad but in one year with a UPS, Whole House Surge Protection and a Generator. So is it just me or has anyone else have products for Buffalo they have had problems with.
Post 2 made on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at 15:37
Rob Grabon
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Linkstation has been very reliable for us.

Typically use the 210, which has a power switch and function button on the back.
It's that or step way up to a Synology or Qnap.

Wish there was an adapter to use a flash stick as a NAS, or those guys add a USB port like their competition did (our router of choice doesn't do USB file sharing, nor the ISPs when it's a simple audio system). Most clients music collection would fit and then no moving parts.
Technology is cheap, Time is expensive.
Post 3 made on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at 16:21
fcwilt
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Moved from Netgear to Synology - no regrets.
Regards, Frederick C. Wilt
Post 4 made on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at 17:47
Slimfoot
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On May 17, 2016 at 15:37, Rob Grabon said...
Linkstation has been very reliable for us.

+1
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
Post 5 made on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at 18:06
Impaqt
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we've seen a lot of linkstations in the 2-3yr old range crap out.

TeraStations have been solid though.
Post 6 made on Wednesday May 18, 2016 at 01:16
Daniel Tonks
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Went from a HP Windows Home Server, to a Netgear ReadyNas Pro 6, and just a couple weeks ago set up a Synology 1815+. Really liking the Synology!

So far, the only thing that's gone bad in any of them is 1 hard drive (which I actually just got back from Seagate warranty replacement last week).
Post 7 made on Wednesday May 18, 2016 at 07:02
buzz
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Early on I had been using Linksations and I have a couple that are more than 10 years old and still running fine. However, I started seeing failures for the newer drives and they used really cheap fans. The drives outlasted the fans. And there was the period after Apple changed to their private version of CIFS/SMB when lots of NAS products "broke". Buffalo stranded many of their users by failing to update the firmware. I switched to the Blackhawk NAS's for a while, but the failure rate was much higher than Linkstation.

Lately, I've been using MyBook for inexpensive NAS's and they've been OK. Synology is a step up.

Since I don't have any proof I won't name names, but I suspect that some of the really inexpensive products are not shy about including refurb drives. I can buy Synology frames and populate with drives of my choice.

While not a solution that I use, lots of high end wireless routers include a USB slot ... for creating an instant NAS.

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For any hard drive, treat it as an already cracked egg -- It is not a case of if the drive will fail, the only uncertain detail is when it will fail. I've had high quality drives fail in the first year and I have some that were part of my 2000 centennial upgrade that are still perking along.


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