Buffalo launches Drive Station Velocity external hard drive

Buffalo, the Japan-based leader in designing, developing and manufacturing wireless and wired storage solutions have recently introduced the Drive Station Velocity external hard drive. This hard drive is from their HD-LXU3 Series of external hard drives. This device comes with high data transfer speed and serves as a solution for those keen on transferring files quickly and easily. This external hard drive has a USB 3.0 interface and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0.

The Drive Station Velocity features Buffalo’s TurboPC EX data transfer and copy utility software with a 7200 RPM hard drive. The company claims that with the USB 3.0 interface, consumers can experience digital content transfers at speeds up to 5 Gbps for amazingly quick file transfers and backups. Security options include automatic hardware encryption that protects consumer data, with no loss of performance. Moreover, the Eco Manager and Super Eco features help save energy by controlling power usage and switching off the power when the drive is not in use. One can easily connect this drive by merely plugging the HDD into the PC’s USB port.

The USB 3.0 Drive Station Velocity

Feature of the Drive Station Velocity:

• Speed - USB 3.0 interface transfer data at up to 5 Gbps
• Design - Designed to be positioned horizontally or vertically for ultimate flexibility and versatility in any environment.
• Security - Secure Lock Manager Easy simplifies switching in and out of encryption mode, makes password changes, enables Auto Login (encrypts data, but bypasses password entry), provides login feature management
• Data Transfer - Faster 7200 RPM disk enables rapid data transferring and access
• Eco Friendly - Super eco feature saves more than 90% of power during auto power off 3-year warranty.
• Data Encryption - Automatic hardware encryption protects your data from unauthorized access

Featured in the HD-LXU3 series are three models of the Drive Station Velocity - HD-LX1.0TU3 (1TB), HD-LX2.0TU3 (2TB) and HD-LX3.0TU3 (3TB). The pricing for the 1 TB variant is Rs. 4,500, 2 TB for Rs. 7,282 while the 3 TB model sells for Rs. 12,100. These external hard drives come with a three year replacement warranty. For more information, click here.