Well, i got suckered in. At least i know now for myself.
My story: I just got a brand new Link Station 441e. I unboxed it and it hooked it up, with 3 brand new Desktar 4tB drives. I powered it on, installed the software, and "Emergency Mode". Fortunately, i found a random post on Amazon's site with a guy who explained that you need to format all drives first, boot the device up, and as soon as the red light comes on, press the top button, so that it installs the Buffalo OS.
At this point, i'm optimistic that the product will deliver, so i update the firmware, and that too, went well.
So after all that i try to see if i can create some shares..nope. I check the drives, all being detected, accurate amount of space, and "unformatted", so i try to reformat them through the web interface and the only option is "XPS". SO i reformat, retry adding a share after the reformatting was completed, and the cycle begins, where i can't create a share and the drives are showing unformatted.
So, at this point, i've spent an entire Saturday afternoon on trying to get this device to work, and honestly, i really have no patience for a product is poopty as this. I'll just throw the drives in my rig, and pray i can sell the device off to a co-worker, since it was a gift.
Thanks Buffalo! I hope your company goes under and your developers go homeless.