Save price for NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV 4 Bay 0TB Diskless
Band : Netgear
Model : RND4000 100NAS
Product Features :
- Advanced Network Attached Storage device enclosure
- X RAID technology for automatic data redundancy
- Built in printer server
- Whisper quiet operations advanced power controls for energy efficient use
- Includes a 5 year warranty
>> Loud Fans distract
I purchased the 2 TB version of this device I wanted to use it as a backup device in my home office Before this I used multiple external USB drives Installation went fine The device has many config settings so that you can tweak it to your liking It seems to work well with good speed and I have had no problems in the past two months of using it I have it connected via a Gigabit switch on my network The problem with it is the noise The fans are loud to the point of distraction The Ready NAS noise level is greater than all the other things I have running combined two towers switch modem
Luckily as I stated earlier the NAS is very configurable One of those settings is to have it come on and turn off automatically I set the Ready NAS to come on every night at 0100 and shut off at 0400 I then set my back up software to do its thing during that time period For back up software I did not use anything that came with the Netgear so I cant comment on it I can however highly recommend the Back up software I have been using for years which is SyncBack SE by 2brightsparks It works perfectly with the NAS as it has with all things SyncBack SE alows me to schedule a system wide back up even of open programs at a specified time via Windows Task Scheduler So everything happens while I am asleep and I dont have to hear the fans
If I need to get something off the NAS in the day I can just manually turn it on If I wanted to use the NAS 24 7 I would just make sure it was in a server room or anywhere else except where I was working via a cat5e network drop
>> Fast reliable if you know what you doing
I just purchase the second today The first one was over a year and it run ever since after I config it only reboot it twice after firmware upgrade But now it running out of space so I m purchase another one to expand the space
I run RAID 5 on 4 drives of 1TB With these services on UPnP iTune mySQL PHP SSH FTP CIFS NFS AFP HTTP and RSYNC
It s plug into my gigabit switch then to my Dual Channel Wireless N router Serving to my 4 Macbook Pro 3 PC s Win28 server and 1 linux box
To max out it s performance I upgrade to 1GB Crucial CT12864X335 memory and plug it into APC Back UPS ES 8 Outlet 550VA for larger cache write on disks I wanted the ReadyNAS Pro but the cost is too much so two of NV is fine for me
This new second one I m going to put in 4x2TB and hope it will last me long times But I won t be using RAID5 since I only need it for media so RAID1 is fine and only two services will be on which is UPnP and iTunes I will use the first one for Web and database
Suggestion The device itself is 5 years warranty so I m thinking when it reach to 5 years I m going to call in to replace new fan and power supply At the moment it still run quiet like was new If you going to need a NAS this is the one you looking for It s won t be easy when you first set it up but will be there to resolve your issue I have D Link Westen Digital and buffalo before They all die after a year but thanks god the drive still good and I got to use them on this new diskless NV system
It s is fast if you have them wire to gigabit switch/router but wireless is depend on your wireless N config
I will buy 3rd one when my 2nd fill up
>> ReadyNAS NV is a real work horse
I have been using the ReadyNAS NV for more than 18 months In all that time I have had a problem exactly once when it stopped responding and had to be powered off and rebooted Aside from that one time in over a year and a half I ve rebooted the device only when upgrading or installing software It simply runs 24 hours a day and I never have to fiddle with it at all
I wanted a NAS for two primary reasons One to provide networked backup storage for several PCs and two to provide streaming audio to multiple PCs and Logitech Squeezebox receivers The NV does both jobs beautifully I bought the RND4250 model from Amazon with two Western Digital 500GB drives pre installed After a couple of days testing out the NAS setting up appropriate accounts and backups from the various PCs in the house I added a pair of Seagate 500GB drives that I already had Running the Netgear proprietary X RAID configuration I was able to hot install the additional drives one at a time and the NAS re synchronized and automatically expanded to include the additional space without a problem as advertised
I run daily backups from three PCs to the ReadyNAS and the only time they ve failed was when my router was on the blink so they couldn t talk to the NAS Not only have the backups saved us a few times I can also access my data from anywhere via FTP WebDAV HTTP or Netgear s proprietary ReadyNAS Remote software This has been very handy for me and my wife since it allows us to get to files we were working on at home and forgot to put onto a flash drive to carry to the office we just log in to the home NAS and grab what we need
I have ripped my entire CD collection to FLAC files some 800 discs along with a fair number of MP3s acquired from other sources and the NAS cabled to a wireless router streams audio to multiple devices simultaneously without any trouble I ve had music on in as many as six different rooms and I m sure it could handle more using the Squeezebox Server software which comes pre installed and is upgraded periodically from the Logitech Squeezebox support site I can also access my photos wirelessly via a network attached TiVo box and display them on my TV using the installed DLNA service The NV also comes with a iTunes and Home Media streaming services installed but I haven t had any need to use them yet Though I haven t started using the device to stream video it should handle that as well
Any RAID box provides redundancy of course but X RAID is a nice enhancement over the standard RAID 5 in that it s easily expanded Currently I m only using half the capacity I have installed but when it starts to get full I can replace the 500GB drives one at a time with larger capacity drives without having to reconfigure the NAS or restore the data it s hot expandable
I can t think of another device I ve ever purchased that I would praise as highly as the NV To repeat myself it simply works superbly day after day It was easy to configure and it requires virtually no attention from me unless I decide to upgrade the software This is a terrific little home NAS
