The DriveStation Quad 12TB 4-Bay USB 3.0 RAID Array from Buffalo connects to your Windows and Mac system via an included USB 3.0 cable to provide 12TB of storage capacity. It features four hot-swappable bays that each contain a 3TB NAS hard drive, which is designed for continuous 24/7/365 operations. For performance and redundant configurations, it sports a RAID button on the back, allowing you to configure the drives in RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, or JBOD. Furthermore, eleven licenses of NovaBACKUP Buffalo Edition are included so you can back up one or multiple Windows systems.
Quickly Expand Your Storage
With 12TB of storage, the DriveStation Quad USB 3.0 provides a reliable, easy to use storage solution to quickly expand the capacity of your PC and Mac computers with universal USB 3.0 plug-and-play.
Optimized for Continuous Operation
DriveStation Quad features four 3TB high performance hard drives optimized for continuous 24/7/365 operation with enhanced RAID performance.
Easy Scheduled Backup
DriveStation Quad USB 3.0 is perfect for backing up your important files. The DriveStation Quad features one free license of NovaBACKUP Business Essentials for Windows PCs and servers and Time Machine support for backing up Mac computers.
Flexible Storage and Redundancy
DriveStation Quad provides users the flexibility to easily maximize capacity or protect their data using RAID redundancy.
RAID 0
Combine all drives into a single array offering maximum storage capacity with no redundancy.
RAID 1
Mirrors the four drives, creating an exact copy of data on each drive for fault tolerance.
RAID 5
Stripe the data across all four drives, interspersing parity data to provide an efficient blend of fault tolerance and storage capacity.
RAID 10
Mirror two sets of hard drives and combines them into a single array, striping data across all mirrored sets for fault tolerance and increased performance.
RAID 0
Combine all drives into a single array offering maximum storage capacity with no redundancy.
RAID 1
Mirrors the four drives, creating an exact copy of data on each drive for fault tolerance.
RAID 5
Stripe the data across all four drives, interspersing parity data to provide an efficient blend of fault tolerance and storage capacity.
RAID 10
Mirror two sets of hard drives and combines them into a single array, striping data across all mirrored sets for fault tolerance and increased performance.
Hot-Swappable Hard Drives
DriveStation Quad's hot-swap feature allows you to replace a hard drive in the event of failure without powering down the device. Simply remove the defective drive, insert the new drive, and the data rebuilds while still being available to clients on the network with zero downtime.
Buffalo Tools
Buffalo Tools is a feature-rich suite of software included with Buffalo DriveStation Quad. Any or all of the following components of Buffalo Tools may be installed on Windows PCs.
- Buffalo's Backup Utility is for Windows PCs and can be used to back up one or multiple computers with a single Buffalo external hard drive.
- eco Manager is an energy efficiency tool used to conserve energy and reduce battery consumption by regulating the power usage of the hard drive, cutting power to the drive during extended periods of inactivity.
- TurboPC includes two components to enhance file transfer performance with external hard drives. It also includes TurboCopy that provides additional system adjustments to increase performance substantially.
- SecureLock software for Windows provides complete control of the data encryption on your Buffalo external hard drive, providing password protection and software data encryption.
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