Comparison Table And Test Setup
| Manufacturer | Buffalo | Toshiba |
| Product Name | Mini Station | USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive |
| Model Number | HD-PS500U2 | HDDR320E03X |
| Capacity | 500 GB | 320 GB |
| Weight | 224 g | 178 g |
| Price | $200 | $210 |
| Warranty | 1 year | 3 years |
Test Setup Table
| System Hardware | |
| Processor | 2 x 3.6 GHz Xeon (Nocona) |
| Motherboard | ASUS NCL-DS, BIOS 1005 |
| Memory | 2 x 512 MB DDR2-400 Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 |
| Graphics | Onboard ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| System Hard Drive | WD Caviar WD1200JB, 120 GB |
| Optical Drive | Gigabyte GO-D1600C |
| Software | |
| Graphics | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
| Chipset | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Storage | Version 8.0.0.1039 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.6 |
| PCMark05 V1.01 | |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10 |
| Fileserver-Benchmark | |
| Webserver-Benchmark | |
| Database-Benchmark | |
| Workstation-Benchmark | |
| Streaming Read and Write Benchmarks |
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