Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo 1.0TB MiniStation vs Buffalo 3.0TB DriveStation

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Comparison of 1.0TB MiniStation, 3.0TB DriveStation
20 specifications	A Buffalo 1.0TB MiniStation View product	B Buffalo 3.0TB DriveStation View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	3 TB
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	USB	No
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power consumption (typical)Differs	2.5 W	12 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80%	20 - 80%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	77 mm	38.7 mm
DepthDiffers	114 mm	189 mm
HeightDiffers	17 mm	122.6 mm
WeightDiffers	150 g	950 g
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AC100-240V 50/60Hz
Supported data transfer rates	480 Mb/s, 5 Gb/s	480 Mb/s, 5 Gb/s
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantity	1	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows7 (32bit, 64bit), Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit), Windows XP, Mac OS 10.4	Windows7 (32bit, 64bit), Windows Vista(32bit, 64bit), Windows XP Mac OS 10.4

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