We have our third victim… um test subject in our continuing Network Attached Storage (NAS) device reviews. This time it is from a company with a fair recognizable name in the industry, NETGEAR. For many the name NETGEAR means low cost consumer networking products and maybe a lower reliability rating. We have to agree that some of that reputation was rightfully earned in the past, but they have since changed things around and are now making some fairly solid products for the consumer, SMBs and the enterprise. We have already covered their ProSafe WNDAP360 wireless access point and found it to be a well put together product. Now we are going to dive into their pro line of NAS products with the ReadNAS Pro 6. This is a 6 bay device that can support up to 12TB of RAW storage and has more than its share of features to boot. So let’s take a look at what you get with the ReadyNAS Pro 6 from NETGEAR.
Conclusion – NETGEAR’s ReadNAS Pro 6 is looking to be a very well build and design product. It is very sturdy and has more than enough power to keep things moving. We might have opted to put a little more memory into the system, but with the cost of memory right now it would not be too big of an investment to drop in another 1GB to improve performance. The feature set and overall product offering also look to provide for a good balance of performance and functionality. We are especially interested in seeing how this device does with some of the optional software modules that are available. In many ways it is these modules and extended features that make the NAS devices such a good value. These will all be items we will dig into in more depth as we get the ReadyNAS Pro 6 Connected and put it through our battery of tests. Look for the performance half of this review very soon.Discuss this in our Forum
