Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition review
in Storage appliances
Verdict
A huge capacity, a classy specification, plenty of business related storage features and a lightning performance - the ReadyNAS Pro has just changed the landscape for desktop NAS appliances
Review Date: 4 Nov 2008
Reviewed By: Dave Mitchell
Price when reviewed: £2,000 (£2,300 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
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| Part Code | ReadyNAS Pro Busines Edition |
| Review Date | 4 Nov 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £2,000 |
| Price inc VAT | £2,300 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Basic specifications | |
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| Capacity | 6.00TB |
| Cost per gigabyte | 33.3p |
| RAID capability |
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| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Services | |
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| FTP server? |
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| UPnP media server? |
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| Print server? |
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| Web hosting? |
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| BitTorrent client? |
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| Connections | |
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| Ethernet ports | 2 |
| USB connection? |
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| eSATA interface |
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| Security and administration | |
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| Admin support for users |
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| Admin support for groups |
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| Admin support for disk quotas |
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| Email alerts |
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| Software | |
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| Software supplied | RAIDar discovery software, NTI Shadow backup |
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