I am Excited on Buffalo USB 3.0

I have previously written about the USB 3.0 format which was high speed and prime for video streaming (USB 3.0 for Video Streaming). The excitement for USB 3.0 continues and I am particularly waiting for Buffalo to release their Hard disk drives running on USB 3.0 before the end of the month.

Buffalo is one of the few companies I am loyal to for my hard disk usage as this company specializes in durable portable hard disks that can withstand rough travel usage. Buffalo is a company that has offices in Japan, USA, Germany, UK, Ireland and Taiwan and offer mostly networking and storage products.

The company has announced that their HD-HU3 series of USB 3.0 external drives is going to be the first one in the world to ship to retailers. Additionally, Buffalo is going to offer NEC’s IFC-PCIE2U3 2-port PCI-Express x1 host controller to complement their USB 3.0 hard drive.

The initial offering would be available in Japan and I am still happy because most likely the Philippine retailers would have this model as well within a month of its release. The storage space for these USB 3.0 drives would be 1 TB which costs $225, USD, their 1.5 TB which costs $284 USD, and a 2 TB drive for $ 530 USD. The controller would be priced at $60 USD.

Data is very important and I have the same files stored in multiple drives to ensure security of data. The Buffalo 2TB running at USB 3.0 is a welcome addition to my gear.

Image from Buffalo.