LinkStation 520DN NAS Digital Hub for Connected Home From Buffalo

Buffalo Americas announces the availability of the LinkStation 520DN, a NAS made specifically for the home.

LS520DN NAS front and rear

The LS520DN is a customizable NAS solution designed to serve as the hub of consumers’ connected home by making it to store, share, and secure all digital data for the modern family.

“We are excited to introduce the Buffalo LS520DN as a way for consumers to organize and protect their digital life,” said Arthur Traub, director, strategic accounts, Buffalo Americas. “This new product allows home users to easily store, organize, access, stream and protect all their digital assets. We provide NAS grade disk drives for always-on performance in the LS520DN to ensure ease of use and reliability. And, as with all our Buffalo products, if a customer needs any help they simply need to contact our 24/7 US-based customer support team.”

The LS520DN facilitates media streaming not only to computers, tablets and smartphones, but also to stereo systems and smart televisions so users can have complete access to their digital libraries anywhere, any time. It is enough to stream to multiple devices while also simultaneously backing up multiple PC and Mac computers.

LS520DN comes equipped with features and is for storing, sharing, and protecting documents, photos, music and video files.

Key features and benefits include:

Simple set-up, out of the box.
Equipped with an interface that simplifies file management.
Firm’s WebAccess service allows users to create a private cloud for remote access and file sharing with friends and family over the Internet. By storing data on their own storage device, users have a level of privacy and avoid monthly fees for a third party cloud service.
Available in three capacities – 2, 4, and 8TB – and populated with two NAS-grade hard drives designed for always-on operation.
Data protection with RAID-1 already configured to help protect users from hard drive failure
Simultaneously stream multiple high definition films.
Power control features enable the LS520DN to reduce power consumption and extend the product’s lifespan.
The NovaBACKUP software from NovaStor Corporation is included for managing backups on PCs, while the LS520DN is compatible with Apple Time Machine and is ready for multi-client Mac backups.

Compatibility of LD520DN ensures consumers can get most out of their digital hub:

DLNA-compatible (Digital Living Network Alliance) so users are able to stream content to DLNA-compatible smart televisions. More than 25,000 products have been certified as compatible with DLNA interoperability standards.
Designed to work with Apple, Inc. devices – compatibility with Time Machine means setup for data backup and restore functions, and integration with iTunes provides additional storage space for iOS devices along with streaming to those devices.
Compatible with BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing, which reduces the amount of time required to share large files.

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Pricing and availability:
The LinkStation 520DN is backed by a limited three-year warranty including toll-free 24/7 US-based technical support for 90 days. It is available in three capacities:

LS520DN0202 with 2TB capacity at an MSRP of $279.99
LS520DN0402, with 4TB capacity at an MSRP of $349.99
LS520DN0802, with 8TB capacity at an MSRP of $449.99