Anyone use this successfully as a Plex media server?

To clarify, this can absolutely be used as storage for the media you host on a plex server but you will need to run the plex server on another device. Kind of Similar to DC Mike's setup; I have a an old AMD PC that hosts my plex server (Athlon x2 4400+, 8gb DDR2, and Radeon HD 6870 *can't remember if video card helps with plex decoding at all, but it's there anyway and has no other use to me) I do have a couple TB worth of media on HDDs in that box but the majority of my data is on similar NAS devices like this buffalo Linkstation. Literally any USB external or NAS drive can host media for a Plex server with extremely little chance of limited performance. The limiting factor in Plex performance comes with the capability of the computer hosting the server to decode and encode media to play on the device you're trying to stream to (for instance, accessing your plex server from another pc takes much fewer resources than on your ipad would require because the server pc has to reencode the media to a format that iOS can utilize) and, in the case of remote streaming, your internet connection. The 10+ year old pc I described can stream multiple 1080p video remotely with no visible lag and I've tried as much as 7 local network 1080p streams and had not issue there.tl;dr - This can host all of your music, video, pictures for a plex server to access but not run the plex server itself.

3 questions: does it by default appear in windows 10 pro file manager? can the contents be encrypted? can i directly copy to the drive via usb?

1 does it by default appear in windows 10 pro file manager? Not always. I have one that does and one that doesn't. You can set it up as a network drive. 2 The contents are not encrypted. This has to be done before storing them to the drive. # No, the drive can't be accessed by USB. The USB port is to add an additional drive to it.

does this support time machine?

I'm having MAJOR problems with it. It's unreliable. It shows it's backup one day. I check a week later only to find it hasn't done a single back up since. Time Machine progress bar shows it being stuck.

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F**A

me gusta mas el wd pero este esta muy bueno

muy bueno

7.08.2025

E**R

Ignore the bad reviews, this NAS is great! (even compared to other Buffalo NASs which I have)

6.03.2024

J**O

Tengo un bonito ladrillo junto a mi router.

El producto tardo mucho pero llego bien. Las instrucciones no venían en español ni en cualquier otro idioma porque eran inexistentes, hubo que buscarse la vida en internet. Después de un mes intentando configurar el dispositivo ME RINDO. La devolución me cuesta un pastón ya que hay que devolverlo a mi cargo por transporte internacional. Me he bajado instrucciones, muy malos tutoriales todos en ingles americano casi incomprensibles para mi. No digo que el producto sea malo puesto que me ha sido imposible configurarlo y usarlo, pero desde luego no es nada fácil de usar.

8.05.2025

T**Y

Good enough.

15.06.2025

A**O

Me llego en tiempo y forma

Todo en orden

29.07.2019

ASIN	B00JKM0ES2
Best Sellers Rank	#13,460 in Computers ( See Top 100 in Computers ) #9 in Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
Brand	BUFFALO
Built-In Media	NAS server, Software
Color	Black
Colour	Black
Compatible Devices	PC, Mac, Linux
Compatible devices	PC, Mac, Linux
Customer Reviews	3.8 out of 5 stars 3,292 Reviews
EU Spare Part Availability Duration	2 Years
Enclosure Material	Unspecified
Global Trade Identification Number	00747464127873
Is Assembly Required	No
Item Type Name	Network Attached Storage
Item Weight	2.43 Pounds
Item weight	2.43 Pounds
Manufacturer	BUFFALO
Material	Unspecified
Mounting Type	Tabletop
Size	4 TB
UPC	747464127873
Unit Count	1 Count

BUFFALO LinkStation 210 4TB 1-Bay NAS Network Attached Storage with HDD Hard Drives Included NAS Storage That Works as Home Cloud or Network Storage Device for Home

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