Buffalo CloudStation gets a price for the Philippines

Posted on February 2nd, 2012. Written by Rico.

Today, local distributor MSI-ECS announced that the Buffalo CloudStation is now available for the Philippine market. The promise for buyers: easy wireless access for up to 4TB of cloud storage for desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablet PCs.

Imagine connecting a high-capacity hard drive to your home wireless network, then accessing photos, videos, music, and other information stored on it on your laptop or PC without wires. And doing the same with your smartphone through 3G when you’re out.

Buffalo markets the CloudStation as a personal cloud and NAS (network-attached storage) solution that makes that scenario possible, with little hassle. All users have to do is plug in their new CloudStation to their router, then visit Buffalo’s website to complete the setup. The company says it all takes only 60 seconds.

The Buffalo CloudStation line-up

The CloudStation comes in two different variants and four capacities, at various price points:

	Variant	Capacity	Price
	CloudStation CS-X	1TB	₱9,270
		2TB	₱11,160
	CloudStation Pro Duo CS-WV/R1	2TB	₱19,380
		4TB	₱23,250

Both the “basic” Cloudstation and its Pro Duo counterpart support Time Machine, so it can act as a central backup repository for Mac OS X PCs. The latter however also features a USB 2.0 port, and the two separate hard disks inside work in tandem as a RAID 1 array. USB provides a direct connection to a computer for faster management, while RAID allows faster transfer speeds, redundancy in case one of the disks fail, and even hot-swap capability that lets users install new disks without turning off the Cloudstation.

For more details, check out the press release below.

Access your data anywhere, anytime with Buffalo CloudStation

Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, network and direct attached storage solutions, recently announced the availability of the revolutionary DLNA certified Buffalo CloudStation, a Storage for smartphones that provides a place to securely store and share data for all the Android phone / tablet PC and iPhone / iPad. Powered by Pogoplug and Bit Torrent client module CloudStation goes beyond simple storage and gives access to Photos, videos, music, documents at home from Smartphone/Tablet PC, or computer anywhere in the world.

A plug and play device, CloudStation comes with everything one needs to get started with. Installation is an easy two step process that requires users to plug the storage device into any Wi-Fi router then proceed to Buffalo CloudStation website and click ‘activate’ to register the device. Unlike other storage devices in the market, Buffalo CloudStation does not need any software for installation.

Completely secure, Buffalo CloudStation enables users to decide what, where and when to share data stored on the appliance. Whether at home, office or on the road, Buffalo CloudStation offers a similar experience to its users. Similar to a hard drive that operates inside the computer, Buffalo CloudStation is accessible from the PC, Mac computers as well as browser from Smartphone. Through Pogoplug apps for mobile devices (iPhone&iPad / Android) users are just a click away from their valued content.

“Today’s technology is changing very fast .Consumption of digital content is on the move beyond traditional channels along with how that data is stored and accessed,” said Hiroyuki Hirai, Country Head, Buffalo Inc for Philippines. Buffalo’s CloudStation delivers on the promise of data mobility and allows your content to be shared freely with anyone, anywhere, he added.

Pricing and Availability

The CloudStation comes with a 3 year limited warranty and available in two models CloudStation (Single Bay) and CloudStation Pro Duo (Two Bay). CloudStation (Single Bay) 1 TB and 2 TB SRP is PhP9,270 and PhP11, 160, respectively while CloudStation Pro Duo 2TB and 4TB is PhP19,380 and PhP23,250, respectively will be available through MSI-ECS authorized Buffalo partners in the Philippines. For product availability, pricing and technical infos, please email Ed Zurbano at marketing@msi-ecs.com.ph or call 688-3180-83.

About Buffalo Inc., Japan

Buffalo Inc., based in Nagoya, Japan, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, storage, multimedia and memory solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology. For more information about Buffalo Inc. and its products, please visit www.buffalo-asia.com