The USB Station 2 ships in an attractive, subtle box with basic information detailing the multitude of uses.
Inside there is a software CD with literature, a Cat 6 cable and a power adapter. The power adapter we have is a European model but if you are in the UK then the correct adapter will be included. As a UK review site we can sometimes get early release products from various parts of the world.
The USB Station 2 is a tiny little product which has an appealing, inoffensive design. Obviously as there are no drives installed, the physical footprint can be much less than normal. They also claim a 5W power drain, but we will look at that later to confirm.
The product is very light, but it also manages to feel quite substantial, rather than flimsy.
There is no RAID support as it is a stripped down product for a low cost marketplace. Inside is an 800W processor with 128MB of DDR400mhz memory – this combination proved to be quite fast in our testing, with the CPU never loading over 60 percent even when multitasking. Very impressive, considering. On the side as we can see from the picture above, you can disconnect USB drives by pressing the button. This works in the same principle as Microsoft Windows ‘safe device removal'.
The rear has a power connector, reset button (which we never needed), a gigabit RJ45 port as the two USB 2.0 ports.
As the USB Station 2 offers connectivity via the dual USB 2.0 ports, you can hook up any drive you wish, even a portable 2.5 inch SSD with enclosure, as seen above. The port delivered enough power for the SSD to operate.