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Renegade:
Anybody got any thoughts on the non byod more commercial NAS products? 

Specifically:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7152581 or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5664929 or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5394505 or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5077998

Don't really care as long as it supports NFS... just tired of the DYI route right now and want a solution that comes with drives as long as it's not *too* much of a premium.
-wraith808 (October 06, 2011, 11:26 AM)
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Not sure. They're all below the storage that I need. (8 TB+) That puts them out of what I'd consider. I'm sure they have value for others though.

wraith808:
If the storage was what you needed, do you think that you'd consider it?  I'm just trying to find out other than the price and space considerations, is there a reason that people wouldn't consider these types of drives that I don't know.

Renegade:
If the storage was what you needed, do you think that you'd consider it?  I'm just trying to find out other than the price and space considerations, is there a reason that people wouldn't consider these types of drives that I don't know.
-wraith808 (October 06, 2011, 11:37 AM)
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My main consideration is price per TB. I want to keep costs down as I have a wife to report to. :)  :D

40hz:
FWIW I've been a little leery of Netgear after several problems getting them to honor legitimate warranty claims, generally not very good experiences with their tech support, and numerous cases of "lost" rebate submissions.

Then there's product quality. I've experienced problems with every category of product I have ever bought from Netgear: switches, routers, NAS devices, and adapters. Which is a real shame because some of their product designs are extremely innovative.

My biggest problem is when you get the occasional lemon from them. Most times, their stuff runs reliably. But when there's a problem, getting a fix (or especially a replacement under warranty) is a royal pain.

My experience has taught me to view their products as disposables. Maybe they're that inexpensive up front for a reason? Because whenever a Netgear device breaks (and they do with regularity around the three or so year mark for me) I've learned your best bet is to just scrap them and get something else.

Maybe they've gotten better recently?




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Note: I don't know much about the RND4000 since I've never worked with that particular unit. But I was not particularly wild about the software that shipped with the boxes I have worked with. There were some very clunky aspects to the implementation along with some maddening limitations and gotchas. To be fair, I know that's not something that's unique to Netgear. But I'd strongly suggest downloading a user manual if one is available before making a purchase. (Hmm...that's good pre-purchase advice for any device come to think of it. :mrgreen:)

lotusrootstarch:
I found RND4000 to be well designed and built, and delivers what I ask from it (storage size >= 8TB, SMB write speed >= 25MB/s, quiet operations).

For me it qualifies as a great NAS.

Read reviews from end-users here:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ReadyNAS-4-Bay-0TB-Diskless/dp/B000VA3TXY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317937907&sr=8-1

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