Today, I’m welcoming a new brand into our NAS review category: Buffalo. Buffalo has been on the market with storage solutions for a very long time, but this is the first of their NAS devices I have the pleasure to test and review. And what a start it is. The TeraStation 5810DN (product link) is quite the impressive device with 10GbE capabilities and a quad-core processor. It also comes pre-loaded with drives in various configurations, from 16TB to 64TB raw capacity.

To some people, a NAS pre-loaded with drives is a good thing, to others, it’s a bad thing. To me, it’s neutral. There are ups and downs to both sides. Since this NAS comes with drives loaded, let’s focus on the benefits of that.