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Netgear Readynas DUO

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Pros
Software includes a BitTorrent client
Sturdy construction
Cons
Software not easy to use

$339.00 - $475.78
From 32 Merchants

Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $400 (3/28/2008)
Performance: Superior: 100
Features: Good: 73
Design: Very Good: 89

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $400

Cost per Gigabyte - $0.8

Performance

Superior: 100

PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested	Gigabit ethernet
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	262.89
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	312.19
External Read - Files and Folders	239.38
External Read - Large File	128.28
External Write - Files and Folders	283.68
External Write - Large File	228.62

Features

Good: 73

Basics
Drive size (GB)	500GB
Supported Interface(s)	SATA-150, USB 2.0, Gigabit ethernet
Speed (RPM)	7200
Buffer Size (MB)	16

Other
Installation Kit Hardware	Ethernet cable, two hard disk trays, power adapter/cable.
Bundled Software	ReadyNAS Installation CD, ReadyNAS Discovery Utility, NTI Shadow for ReadyNAS for Windows and Macintosh

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Other Service	An extended warranty is available.
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Design

Very Good: 89

User Reviews for Netgear Readynas DUO

Reviewed by: ken830

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast, Reliable, Built-in BitTorrent Client, Built-in Media Server, Built-in Print Server, Support of Direct Connection of USB Drives / Digital Cameras / UPS, Feature-rich, Easy-to-use Interface.

Weaknesses: A tad on the expensive side for a home user.

Overall Evaluation: All of the extremely positive reviews (from technology writers to home users) about this product are true. The ReadyNAS Duo is a compelling device. It strikes a fine balance between reliability, performance, feature-richness, and price that fits very, very well with the home-user market. Although it's not for every home, it certainly is targeted towards more advanced home users with multiple computers and lots of media. The ReadyNAS Duo gives you: 1) Data Reliability - Adding an optional drive gives it redundancy, protecting you from drive failures 2) Data Accessibility - Because it's a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, you have access to your files from almost any computer in the world. 3) Convenience - From the print server and BitTorrent client to the automatic USB Drive backup and photo server, the ReadyNAS gives you bonus features that are not only time-savers, but just plain cool!
Reviewed by: Stefano6

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Well built, Powerful software, Very close to be a professional class NAS. Hot swappable disks. Operating system on flash ram instead of disk. Good overall implementation

Weaknesses: Software a little hard to master, in particular the group and user management features is not very intuitive. Only 256MB of on board memory however it can be upgraded.

Overall Evaluation: I bought this to replace a Buffalo Live station that went bad and had to send back for repair and I am impressed by the implementation of this little server. It is way better then the Buffalo for just a little over the price. I bought it from Newegg with an extra 500GB HD to have full redundancy (RAID 0) for $430.00 and it is worth every penny. I now have a place were to store every important file music collection etc. that is fully redundant without the need to back up every day. The built in FTP, HTTP/S and multimedia servers built in are very handy and work as advertised.