BUFFALO TeraStation 3420DN 4-Bay SMB 16TB (4x4TB) Desktop NAS w/Hard Drives Included Network Attached Storage

Firstly, you get so much value with this item. I ordered the 4 drive 8TB (4X2TB drives) as a file server for my small business. The machine is made in Japan which gives me confidence in its quality, and although this NAS is small, it is hefty, solid and well built. Out of the box you don't get much by way of what to do with it. There is only a quick setup on how to plug it in, but nothing about what to do with it. Visit this site to get started. buffalotech.com/products/terastation-3020-series-desktop I used to help manage a large network years ago, and we installed Buffalo terrastations so I had some experience with them, but really, this unit is super easy to configure and is packed full of value added services such as links to popular cloud storage services, virus protection from TrendMicro, notifications, and several other enterprise level options. The unit comes preconfigured RAID 5 with options for RAID 5 + Hot Swap, and RAID 6 which I chose during setup. I'm a bit rusty with my tech knowledge, and this NAS was a breeze to setup. I highly recommend this product for small businesses and personal file storage use. I would not recommend it for enterprise use as it's missing some redundant features to prevent downtime. Overall, Ding Dong.

As describe, have this for years and it goes without failing

A worthwile upgrade over the TS3000 series of which I own 4. NAS response and throughput seems to be faster, but they did reduce available USB ports by 2 (compared to the TS3000). I imagine this might be an issue for anyone needing more than 2 attached USB drives. It came loaded with 4 ironwolf disks which was a pleasant and much appreciated surprise! The UI is more modern looking yet still familiar. Build quality is what I would call industrial-grade with robust and nicely finished metal chassis and disk trays. Even though my TS3000 units have been working flawlessly for years, they apparently don't receive software updates any more, which motivated me to start upgrading. I just hope Buffalo keeps these TS3040 units in support for a long time to come.

The Buffalo NAS is Quiet fast and easy to setup. I am using it as a media server as well as backup storage for data. It works equally well for both.

The raid finally died on my old terrastation I ran out of spare drives. I bought a couple of spares for this one. The old on lasted around 15 years 10 of those years has at a business with 50 users till we upgraded to a larger server.

Been working fine. Little difficult tot install, but finally got it working. No failures yet.

Super fast access rates and easy to install.

Good plateform for onlline shipping ever

I had to replace an aging HP-ML370 G3 (17 years old) server that was about to die with failing fans, and power supplies. The HP was used strictly as a file server for seven users, so the Buffalo NAS was a "no-brainer". I unpackaged the TS3420DN, plugged in power and ethernet, accessed the NAS from a workstation, restored the HP-ML370 backup to the NAS, remapped the shared folders from the HP to the Buffalo NAS and BINGO, everybody was back up and running, and much faster that they ever experienced with the old HP. Bravo Buffalo, you saved the day!

After researching several small business appliances over the years, I'm glad that I pulled the trigger on the Buffalo TeraStation. Super easy to set up and a great value.