Once the drives are mounted on the trays they simply slide into case. Buffalo LS220D 2 Drive NAS – Installing Drives
There are no rubber gaskets to help with vibrations but the plastic tray should absorb vibrations fairly well. Once you get the first mounting screw in place the other three screws install fairly easy. The tray itself is made of plastic and can flex around a bit. As we will see, in this segment this is a typical layout.Īfter we have pulled out the drive trays its time to mount the hard drives. Looking at the back of the LS220D we see a Red function button, power switch, USB 2.0 port, LAN port and power connector. We did like that the PCB was marked Buffalo showing that the company did custom design this piece instead of simply using an off-the-shelf PCB. These backplanes are usually simple pieces of PCB that deliver power and data signals to the drives. Buffalo LS220D 2 Drive NAS – InsideĪfter removing the empty drive trays we can see the back plane that our hard drives will plug into. The front cover plate simply unsnaps and flips off and then we can pull out the empty drive trays. Removing the empty LS220D from the retail box we can see there are only four pieces we have to work with. We had already setup our unit when we took this photo so the mounting screws are not shown.
Buffalo LS220D 2-Drive NAS OverviewĪfter receiving our unit, we find a solid package with all necessary marking and specifications clearly marked on the retail box. SATA II is fast enough for most of today’s hard drives and with a single 1GbE network port the network side will be the bottleneck in this system. With only SATA II 3.0gbps support this is intended solely at hard drives. Power Supply: External AC 100-240V Universal, 50/60Hz.Weight: 5.5 lbs with drives – 1.92 lbs empty.Supported RAID: 0/1/JBOD (Individual Disks).Hard Drive Capacity Supported: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB.CPU: Marvell ARMADA 370 Processor 800MHz.
Buffalo LS220D 2-Drive NAS Specifications Buffalo LS220D 2 Drive NAS – Specifications The Buffalo LS220D is a low power unit that allows one to get two drives online inexpensively. With drive capacities reaching 8TB+ simple RAID 1 mirrors provide enough storage for many SMB and home NAS needs. The LS220D can backup your systems and offers media sharing and a personal cloud so you can access your files anywhere over the Internet. These units offer fast setup, easy to use interfaces and offer many features that enhance storage capabilities for your home or small business. The first unit we will take a look at is the Buffalo LS220D 2-Drive NAS.
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Today we start off a series of reviews showcasing several 2-Drive NAS (network attached storage) options available on the market.
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