Streamline your personal office productivity with the robust and scalable design of the Buffalo TeraStation 5420DN 16TB 4-Bay Desktop NAS Server. Complete with pre-installed 3.5" storage drives, the TeraStation offers ample room for your assets while also enabling you to scale capacity to your needs.

The TeraStation gives you a maximum capacity of 16TB consisting of two 8TB storage drives, giving you plenty of space for your files and information. Hot swappable design enables you to exchange drives without shutting down your entire system, essential for replacing or upgrading your system. A 2.04 GHz Annapurna Labs AL524 processor and 8GB of DDR4 RAM work together to enhance performance and provide enhanced data transfer speeds through the dual 1 GbE and dual 10 GbE RJ45 network ports. Drives can be formatted to fit various RAID profiles including 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD, enabling you to control your storage drives and set up your ideal configuration. With 256-bit drive encryption, two-factor authentication, and flexible backup features, you can ensure your data is protected against multiple potential threats.

16TB Maximum Capacity    4 x Drive Bays / 2 x 8TB HDDs    2.04 GHz Annapurna Labs AL524 Processor    8GB DDR4 RAM    2 x 10 GbE & 2 x 1 GbE Network Ports    2 x USB-A 2.0 & 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1    RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD Format Support    Hot Swappable Drives    256-Bit Drive Encryption    Windows, Windows Server & macOS Support

The TeraStation features two USB-A 2.0 and USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, allowing you to connect a wide range of peripherals and devices for quick data management, initialization drive usage, and more.

Each drive and the NAS itself provides you with real-time status using multiple LED indicators, telling you when it is safe to remove, add, and shut down your system if needed.

Enable fast deployment and integration into Microsoft and VMware virtual environments, and improve working efficiency with increased virtual application performance and greater flexibility in storage capacity planning and allocation.

Snapshots can be created and used to recover data near instantaneously, with little or no system disruptions. Quickly recover single files or entire storage volumes and protect your data from user errors, file errors, and ransomware attacks.

Sync with Dropbox, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, and OneDrive to create a hybrid cloud for extra data security, cost savings, and versatile data backup.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does anyone know if Western Digital NAS can run a hypervisor so that you can create virtual servers on the NAS?

A: No, the WD My Cloud Pro Series 40TB PR4100 4-Bay NAS Server (4 x 10TB) BH #WEWDBBCL0400 does not support Hyper V.

Q: 2. Will the PR4100 work with 20TB hard drives?

A: There is no practical limit on the size of drives you can use with an enclosure like this, 20TB should be perfectly fine.

Q: 3. What kind of memory does it require?

A: The WD My Cloud PR4100 4-Bay NAS Enclosure uses DDR3L SO-DIMM RAM. There are two slots and the maximum supported RAM would be 16GB.

Q: 4. What type of WD drives come with this system? Are the at least Red Drives?

A: Yes, these would be WD red drives pre-installed.

Q: 5. I understand that this works with Plex. Are there any other fee's associated with activating this with Plex?

A: The WD My Cloud Home Duo 6TB 2-Bay Personal Cloud NAS Server (2 x 3TB) does have Plex support. Currently, Plex can be used cost free as the service will inject ads into your viewing sessions, however if you wish to view on mobile devices, you will have to pay a $5.00 fee for the app and you will also have the option to pay for a premium account if you wish.

Q: 6. Can the memory and the storage space be upgraded in the future?

A: Yes, RAM and drives can be upgraded to higher capacities.

Q: 7. What is the maximum capacity of each of the 4 hard drives? Can they be of a mixed size - no RAID?

A: The manufacturer shows upto 8GB drives are an option. You can use JBOD with mixed sized drives.

Q: 8. What drives does it come with? RPM?

A: As Western Digital manufactures drives as well as enclosures, it is very likely the drive inside is a Western Digital drive, however the manufacturers do vary this from time to time without varying the SKU or Serial numbers. This prevents us from being able to guarantee the brand of drives inside. With regard to drive speed, it is highly likely that since the manufacturer did not list the drive speed, that it contains 5400 RPM drives. Had the drives been any faster the bullet points would reflect that.

Q: 9. Do the drives spin all the time even when not in use?

A: According to the manufacturer the device is designed to run as a small server it does not have a standby or sleep mode.

Q: 10. Are the two bays mirrored or can we keep separate data on each one?

A: Yes it would be mirrored. 20TB (2x 10TB drives. 9.9TB usable capacity)* *Usable capacity per drive in default RAID 1. User may modify settings to utilize full capacity