Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-W1.0TGL/R1

Advantages: Solid, feature packed, easy to use
Disadvantages: Not as fast as direct attached storage, plus a little noisy.

...I have been using my Buffalo (called 'Bertie'!) for over 4 months now, and it has worked very well indeed. Bertie is connected to my gigabit switch and is accessed by 4 other computers, and it also hosts a file sharing site too. The drive sits in a Windows environment, and is very easy to connect up. After a 15 second boot process, you access the features of the drive through a browser. All the usual tools for network drives are there, plus some seriously useful user permissions, and trashcan tools. It has hot swappable drives too (I bought a spare just in case), but this sold beast I feel will never breakdown. It's not the quietest drive in the world, but this is a minor annoyance. The actual data transfer over the network is not as fast as directly attached storage, but the benefits of using a network far out weigh this. When I need... Read review

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Advantages: Small, Capacity, Ease of use, Setup
Disadvantages: None as yet!

...that are not a patch on the Terastation and would have needed much intervention and care within 12 months - touch wood - I have barely even looked at it and it still runs as if it were brand new out of the box. Recommended - And now Im off to spend this years storage budget on a Terastation Pro 2.0!... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, quick and reads 54 types of memory cards
Disadvantages: n/a

...on to the important information that everyone wants to know, what cards does it read, deep breath now: Compact Flash: CF I / CF I Pro / CF Pro II / CF I Elite Pro / CD I Ultra II / CF I Ultra-X / CF I Extreme / CF I Extreme II / CF I HIGH SPEED / CF I WA / CF I Picture / CFII / Micro Drive (MD) / Magic Stor Memory Stick (MS) Series: MS / MS-Pro / MS Pro MG HIGH SPEED / MS Pro MG Extreme / MS Pro MG Extreme III / MS Duo MG HIGH SPEED / MS Duo / MS Pro Duo / MS Pro Duo MG Ultra II / MS Pro Duo MG HIGH SPEED / MS Pro MG Ultra II / MS Magic Gate / MS Pro Mage Gate / MS Duo Magic Gate / MS Pro Duo Magic Gate / MS Memory Function / MS ROM Smart Media (SM) + XD Series: SM / SMC / CD Card / XD M Type / XD H Type Secure Digital (SD) Series: SD / SD Pro / SD Elite Pro / SD Ultra / SD Ultra II / SD Extreme / SD Extreme III / SD HIGH SPEED 150X / MMC / MMC 4.0... Read review

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