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Slideshow: Buffalo LinkStation Mini

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Buffalo's new RAID 1 NAS can get lost on your desk, but outperforms its bigger sibling, the Pro Duo.  Read the full review.
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Image7/7/2008 - RAM size updated   You get only one USB 2.0 port but the Ethernet LAN port is 10/100/1000 and supports up to 9K jumbo frames.
You can attach a USB hub to simultaneously connect a printer and USB drive, but not two USB drives.
The Mini resisted all efforts to open it, so there are no inside shots. This thread over at NAS Central.org's Buffalo forum has some inside details, however.
Basically, the design is similar to the Buffalo Duo's, using a Marvell Orion processor and 128 MB of RAM. Drives in the 1 TB model are two Hitachi TRAVELSTAR 5K500 (HTS545050KTA300) 500GB SATA 2.5IN 8MB 5400RPM. The drives are XFS formatted.
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