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Netgear Readynas NV+

80

Very Good
  • Pros
  • Fast
  • Deep, easy-to-understand settings
  • Cons
  • Expensive
  • Pricing: Very Expensive: $900 (10/7/2008)
  • Performance: Good: 79
  • Features: Very Good: 84
  • Design: Very Good: 89
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $900
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.9

Performance

Good: 79
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested Gigabit ethernet 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 734.13 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 563.11 
External Read - Files and Folders 167.04 
External Read - Large File 119.28 
External Write - Files and Folders 373.48 
External Write - Large File 316.99 

Features

Very Good: 84
Basics
Drive size (GB) 1000GB 
Supported Interface(s) USB 2.0, gigabit ethernet 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Buffer Size (MB) 16 
Other
Installation Kit Hardware Power adapter, ethernet cable 
Bundled Software EMC Retrospect Professional (five-client license) 
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
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User Reviews for Netgear Readynas NV+

  • Reviewed by: jughead

    Duration of ownership: 8 Months

    Strengths: Compact size, x-raid technology

    Weaknesses: none significant

    Overall Evaluation: Netgear made some worthless NAS devices before purchasing Infrant Technologies. That purchase instantly made their NAS offerings legitimate. This unit is as small as a toaster but is very fast. So fast I wish it had another NIC. The X-RAID system automatically expands your storage up to 4TB (until bigger drives are available). As you add drives the system automatically reconfigures the RAID configuration. This is how NAS boxes should work. Handy display on the front tells you exactly how full the drives are. Works flawlessly in mixed OS environments. Now that the Duo is out most home users will gravitate to that unit. But if you have bigger storage needs, spend the extra bucks for this model.

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