Nowadays, looks like everyone is in dire need of storage space. Video games in general tend to occupy more and more space, the rapidly propagating HD content eats GBs like crazy and even the supposedly friendly operating systems manifest a monopolistic approach on our poor HDDs. Good thing the TB HDDs are slowly becoming more affordable, but these solution could prove cumbersome if we somehow feel the need to connect more TB HDDs. Buffalo, on the other hand, took this problem into consideration and came up with some pretty small TB NAS devices.

Maybe you’ve seen some previous NAS HDDs. They are quite bulky and heavy nonetheless. But Buffalo managed to squeeze a 1TB HDD into an enclosure measuring 5.31 x 3.22 x 1.57 inches along with some other nice features. The Mini NAS device also integrates a Gigabit Ethernet port, supports RAID 0 and 1 arrays, includes Active Directory Support and it knows when to shut down in case of some unannounced power failure UPS support. All this, plus the fact that it runs an on-board TwonkyVision DLNA server.

The Mini NAS could prove perfect for consoles and remote access to media servers, but it’s supposed to set you back $699 and it will be available some time in May. Though it looks price, you won’t find anything as feature-packed as the Mini NAS for a lower cost.