The setup was super easy, and it's chocked full of great features for the price

I always attach a USB drive to them of similar capacity and use Buffalo's built in backup software to keep my data backed up (a feature not available with other brands I have tried)

The following models are supported: SMT500J,SMT750J, SMT1000J, SMT1500J, SMT2200J, SMT3000J, SMT1500RMJ2U (UPS Battery Backup support for orderly shutdown feature added

I like this feature

Since the LS400s have beefier processors, they'd be even better suited for this, but alas, the feature is missing

Configuration is done through a frustrating series of web pages filled with edit buttons and a myriad of obscure features

After having to reset it the second time, I just left those features disabled.

I wanted some of the smart phone features.

It looks like it will be a good NAS with decent features (iTunes server

One of the best features of the Buffalo LinkStation 410 is the integrated cooling fan.

However, theWebAccess feature and the mobile app worked within my home networkunder the Airport

One of my favorite features of the Linkstation 420 is the Time Machine backup feature for the Mac

Super fast on data access and great management features.

Feature rich and the option to attach a USB drive for backups is a huge plus

The back up feature will not work at all.

Strange "feature"

I found these features are NOT available when the camera saves to the Micro SD Card

Devices with multiple drives, easier to swap out drives, more features, more reliable and faster

It also has some good features for such a cheap NAS, like iTunes, DLNA, Web & FTP support

USB 3.0 and the USB auto-copy is a nice feature

My favorite feature is that you can have your nas email a friend a download link so they can get to download a file, which is pretty cool & you can even put an expiration date on the link

Lastly, this unit has a large number of impressive features that belie it's price.

They keep getting better/faster/simpler & USUALLY more feature rich

Adding a 1 TB USB drive to the rear of the device allowed me to set up an automatic backup of the important files over night which is a nice feature

In this case, the LinkStation 420 will allow you to share your files with devices on your network that support DLNA such as Tablets and Televisions.• USB Device Server: With this feature turned on, the LinkStation can act as a pass through for controlling USB devices over your network such as a Printer.• Advanced Settings: Advanced Settings is where the guts of the administration for the LinkStation 420 takes place and as such I have dedicated a section to discussing its features below…File Sharing-----------------The File Sharing section is an area where you can set accessibility options for the data on your NAS device such as folder creation, user and group creation as well as remote access features such as WebAccess details and other access protocols like FTP and AFP

Sleep Timer - If you use the LinkStation for backups, this is a nice feature to have the NAS power up before the backup starts and shutdown a few hours later

One of the less advertised but really cool features is the iTunes server - It took me several tries to get all of my library moved over because it kept skipping files due to random network

Higher end NAS boxes with more drives allow you to use RAID5, which gives you both performance and redundancy features, and some allow you to increase storage incrementally by replacing one drive at a time

It's not a critical feature, but it helps you

This feature alone is enough to recommend this device!Lastly, I want to touch on using the LinkStation 420 device as a media server

I wouldn't buy it for the DLNA, or any of the other gimmicky features, as a unit of this class is just going to be frustrating being it lacks any kind of transcoding ability

Some missing features like auto sleep, timer and others compare to LinkPro

LinkStation 420 comes with some nice features such as DLNA, cloud capability, ftp server, iTunes server and includes a free copy of NovaBackup to backup up to 5 PCs to the LinkStation

The web access is a great feature and allows you to access fro anywhere in the world

I really like this one, it has good features and it is fast for home use.

Everything worked as it should.

You may be happy with this unit, as it's not so much bad as not to my liking.

This item works as it should it's iPhone app still hasn't been updated to work with iOS 7

Documentation for Apple device and Mac users seems straightforward, but many non-Apple users may find they will need to do a bit of independent research in order to get the device to work as it should.

It would never get 5 because of the cheap plastic constructions, but if everything else worked as it should, I would have rated it higher.