Netgear announced a new 6-bay version of their ReadyNAS. A diskless version won't be offered and the cheapest version will be around $2,000. Availability around Q3 2008.

Press Release
http://www.netgear.com/About/PressReleases/en-US/2008/20080428b.aspx

The NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro is backed by a 5-year hardware warranty and will be available in Q3 2008 via leading direct marketers, e-commerce sites and value added resellers at a list price starting at $2,000 USD.

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASPro.aspx

Technical Specifications

* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
* 1 GB DDR2 DIMM (expandable with additional slot, support up to 4 GB)
* Embedded 128 MB Flash Memory for OS
* 6 Serial ATA II channels
* Hot swappable and lockable trays
* Two 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with load balancing and failover
* OLED display
* 3 USB 2.0 ports
* Supports Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX Clients
* DHCP server and print server
* Setup Wizard and easy browser-based interface

RAID

* Hardware-accelerated X-RAID2 single volume auto expansion
* Multiple volume support for hardware-accelerated RAID 0, 1, 5, 6
* Hot swap support
* Hot spare support

Volumes

* Volume management
* Single volume auto expansion (X-RAID2)
* Journaled file system
* User and group quotas

Network File Services

* CIFS/SMB for Windows
* AFP 3.1 for Mac OS 9/X
* NFS v2/v3 for Linux and UNIX
* HTTP/S for web browsers
* FTP/S support
* Rsync

Media Streaming

* UPnP AV
* Logitech SlimServer
* Network DVD player compatible
* Windows MCE compatible
* Apple iTunes® server
* Sonos® music player
* SONY PlayStation®3
* Microsoft Xbox®, Xbox 360®
* NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 Series

Network Security

* Selectable, user, domain/ADS modes
* Windows ACL
* Encrypted network logins
* Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Open Platform

* API (Application Programming Interface)
* Root SSH access

Network Options

* DHCP or static IP
* WINS, NTP

System Management

* Performance options
* Device status
* System configuration backup and restore
* Email alerts and event logs
* Wake-on-LAN
* SNMP

Backup

* Integrated Backup Manager
* Programmable backup button
* Backup to/from CIFS/NFS/FTP/HTTP & Rsync
* Backup to/from USB disks
* Bundled CDP (continuous data protection) backup software for Windows and Macintosh

USB Device Supported

* USB HDD and flash drives
* Printers
* Digital camera auto-copy
* UPS monitoring and auto-shutdown
* Wireless network bridges

Web Browsers Supported

* Internet Explorer 7.0+
* Opera 7.0+; Safari 2.0+
* Mozilla Firefox® 2.0+

Languages

* Management UI: English, Japanese, Chinese, and German
* File name: Unicode

Electrical

* 300W server-rated AC power supply
* Input: 100 – 240V AC, 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption

* 115W typical (with 6 x 500 GB disks)
* Power-saving mode

Thermal

* Software-controlled 120 mm chassis cooling fan
* Software-controlled 90 mm CPU cooling fan
* Fan failure alert
* High temperature email alert with auto-shutdown option

Operating Environment

* 0° - 40° C
* 20% – 80% humidity (non-condensing)
* FCC, UL, CE, C-Tick, MIC, VCCI, RoHS compliance

Physical

* Kensington lock security hole
* Dimensions: (h x w x d) 250 x 170 x 285 mm (10.0 x 6.7 x 11.2 in)
* Weight: 7.5 kg (16.5 lb) without disks

Optional Spare Parts

* Lockable SATA disk tray
* 120 mm chassis fan

Available Configurations:

* RNDP6350 – 1.5 TB (3 x 500 GB HDD)
* RNDP6310 – 3.0 TB (3 x 1000 GB HDD)
* RNDP6610 – 6.0 TB (6 x 1000 GB HDD)

Warranty

* NETGEAR 5-year Warranty†


The small footprint and simplicity have me intrigued but the price is a bit much. I'm sure many here could build something pretty nice for $2K.

I'll be in the market for a NAS in a few months, so I'll be keeping an eye on this as well. But at that price, it will have to be pretty damn fantastic.

A sneak peak on the performance of the NAS

Netgear 6 Bay ReadyNAS Pro (http://www.readynas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/iometer_write_pro_large.jpg)

:eek::eek::eek:

So how much can we expect one of these devices without any drives cost?

So how much can we expect one of these devices without any drives cost?

Word is they won't be available diskless. You can get either 3x(500GB), 3x(1TB), or 6x(1TB).

all of this and STILL no iscsi. The new Thecus does have iscsi although it is only 5 drives. The Thecus is cheaper however

Synology is releasing a 5-bay NAS for about $1K which sounds a little more reasonable compared to the ReadyNAS but I haven't really compared specs and features.

http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS508/index.php

Synology is releasing a 5-bay NAS for about $1K which sounds a little more reasonable compared to the ReadyNAS but I haven't really compared specs and features.

http://www.synology.com/enu/products/DS508/index.php

That looks interesting... a little faster than a thecus N5200 but still less than 1/2 the speed of the proposed infrant.... How is the synology software. Infrants is clearly best of class. Thecus is about the worst in class.... Already own a ReadyNas, Terastation and N5200 and am running out of space...

Sean

The Synology interface beats infrant by ease (new afrax system) but the features overall are limited. Infrant is clearly capable of morer (but not faster in case of NV). The new model costs about 2K but runs on an intel dual core proc... so that's part of the cost and the power....

Will be faster, but twice as expensive too
wish it has load balancing for heavy duty network operationms, failorver, hot spare function and the likes within this price range... but then again, for home us, it's not that important but good to have for the pro's in control of every aspect

Will be faster, but twice as expensive too
wish it has load balancing for heavy duty network operationms, failorver, hot spare function and the likes within this price range... but then again, for home us, it's not that important but good to have for the pro's in control of every aspect

Hi-Jack, who needs load balancing when it can handle 100 MB/sec? ;)

Hello,

How come nobody has written nothing in here for so long?
Anyway. I have a ReadyNAS PRO connected to a HTPC running Vista 32bit on a 1GB/s LAN.
It took me some time an fiddling but now I can run BD's (from folders) and regular 1080p MKV's from my NAS almost flawlessly.
I just wondered if someone here has some answers to my questions:
- I cannot keep my downloads (writing into the NAS) running while watching a BD. It stutters or freezes sometimes. Do you have any idea how I could improve on that? Maybe use QoS for the app that is reading the BD's (TMT)?
- There are many plug-ins/add-ons for this NAS. Are there any that I could benefit from for the use I make of it (see above)?

Thank you

xtrips -
I have a very similar setup to yours and trying to figure out how to stream movies to my TV. How are you able to do this now?

Hello,

How come nobody has written nothing in here for so long?
Anyway. I have a ReadyNAS PRO connected to a HTPC running Vista 32bit on a 1GB/s LAN.
It took me some time an fiddling but now I can run BD's (from folders) and regular 1080p MKV's from my NAS almost flawlessly.
I just wondered if someone here has some answers to my questions:
- I cannot keep my downloads (writing into the NAS) running while watching a BD. It stutters or freezes sometimes. Do you have any idea how I could improve on that? Maybe use QoS for the app that is reading the BD's (TMT)?
- There are many plug-ins/add-ons for this NAS. Are there any that I could benefit from for the use I make of it (see above)?

Thank you
What drives are you using in the ReadyNAS?

xtrips -
I have a very similar setup to yours and trying to figure out how to stream movies to my TV. How are you able to do this now?

Well, I am not exactly streaming. I am more like reading the files from the NAS with my HTPC. I do not have a multimedia streamer if that's what you are asking.

What drives are you using in the ReadyNAS?

I am using 4X Seagate's 1.5TB drives with the CC1H firmware.
After the firmware upgrade they started to behave ok. It's been ok for 1 1/2 months now.

How come nobody has written nothing in here for so long?


Because mine works just great - nothing to say. :cool:

Hello,

What happens when you run with 4 X 1.5TB HDDs and add 2 X 2TB HDDs?
What's the scenario details?

Thanks

You can do several things.

1. You can join the 2 new disks to an existing array. The downside is that the array will only make use of the first 1.5TB of space of each disk until you replace all disks will 2TB drives.

2. You can create a new raid 1 array if protection is more important to you. But you will only get the capacity of 1 of your additional drives

3. You can use each disk as just another drive to get the full capacity out of the new 2TB drives you are adding

4. You can create a raid 0 array, get the full capacity and high speed but if 1 of the 2 drives fails, the drives data is gone from both drives

You can do several things.

1. You can join the 2 new disks to an existing array. The downside is that the array will only make use of the first 1.5TB of space of each disk until you replace all disks will 2TB drives.

2. You can create a new raid 1 array if protection is more important to you. But you will only get the capacity of 1 of your additional drives

3. You can use each disk as just another drive to get the full capacity out of the new 2TB drives you are adding

4. You can create a raid 0 array, get the full capacity and high speed but if 1 of the 2 drives fails, the drives data is gone from both drives

Thank you.
I think that option #3 is good for me. How do I achieve that?
And if so, then can I convert them to option #1 later on until I upgrade my whole NAS to 2TB disks?

I believe that with XRaid 2, when you add two drives you actually get to use all the space in the array (minus any overhead). You might want to check on that.

Alan

I believe that with XRaid 2, when you add two drives you actually get to use all the space in the array (minus any overhead). You might want to check on that.

Alan

AFAIK (and I checked with the reseller I purchased from) that is correct. So, you'll lose 2TB in case one of the larger drives fail, but additional 2TB drives will not be limited to 1.5Tb.