Question 1

The product description says this item's interfaces include "USB 2.0 | eSATA | FW400 | FW800".  However, the product image only shows one interface.  Is the product description wrong or the image?

Accepted Answer

No the product image is not wrong. It is right. What's wrong is the description. That one interface is USB3.0. If you're looking for a fast external HDD this is it. I'm transferring files between my computer and this drive at over 60mb/s. It took me 9 minutes to transfer 59GB out of my computer into this drive. Data transfer rate was so fast that the wire started glowing and caught on fire! Okay, no it did not; but it is fast... :)

Question 2

Can this be mac formatted or formatted to linux ex64 etc?

Accepted Answer

I have been operating my Buffalo drive station under win7 64bit PC through a USB3 connection without using any special software (I just use Windows backup included with Win 7).  The drive works great; quiet and very fast for an external HDD.  I didn't install any Buffalo software.  I can't speak for Mac or Linux but since I didn't use any specific software to install the drive I don't see why other operating systems would not work as long as your system has a USB 3 or USB 2 connection I believe you should be able to format it for a different operating system just like any other internal or external HDD.  The only caveat would be if your OS doesn't recognize a drive as large as 2 TB.  In that case you would need to use OS specific software to partition the drive into several partitions.  I'm not sure if the software that comes with the drive has this included for your system or if you will need to get additional software.

Question 3

is this drive compatible with Windows Server 2012?

Accepted Answer

I purchased our Buffalo to be an external hard drive for a technical support Dell workstation.  Think of it as a big thumb drive only better!
It should work with a server as any USB appliance would work.
Ours was plugged in days after receiving it and has been up and running 24 x 7 since.  I purchased it from Newegg because they had a great information display on the device and was a better cost than Dell.
Dell recommends Buffalo, well I assume that because they sell them too!

Brand	BUFFALO
Series	DriveStation DDR
Model	HD-GD2.0U3

Color	Black
Interface	USB 3.0
Capacity	2TB
Cache	1GB DDR3 RAM CACHE

Form Factor	Desktop
Dimensions	8" x 5" x 1.8"
Weight	2.2 lbs.

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