Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4210 Network Storage Server

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25 Apr 2009 Netgear Leaves Original Buyers Behind... and is Clueless I purchased the ReadyNAS NV+ before Netgear bought Infrant. The unit worked flawlessly on a Gigabit Ethernet allowing users to share files and as a print server for over 2 years. Suddenly the unit died with a "pop" and the smell of a fried power supply. I called Netgear and eventualy spoke to a "technical" support person. He told me that the unit was no longer under warranty (1 year for Infrant boxes, 5 years for Netgear boxes) and that Netgear can not provide any repairs. I jokingly commen... –John N. Twistfrom Amazon.com
13 Apr 2009 Great Mid-High End NAS for home Equipment:
Netgear RND4000-100NAS ReadyNAS NV+ 4-Bay Desktop Network Storage (No Disk)
4 @ Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB SATA 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31000333AS

Setup:
I recently setup the ReadyNAS NV+ on my home gigabit network with 4TB of post installed Seagate hard drives. Typically I'm a WD person but the Amazon goldbox deal of $80/ea was just too good to pass up. The install went very smoothly after I tested each drive in a desktop system to ensure drive integrity... –T. Krausfrom Amazon.com
19 Mar 2009 Very slow, atrocious web interface and poor support We've had one of these units for almost two years. On the bright side we haven't lost any data; but the system is very slow. This applies to both its file serving and its poorly designed web admin interface (you won't believe how slow it is and what a pain it is to use). We replaced an 8 year old Win2K desktop system (not a server mind you) with this unit and the decrease in performance was noticeable (10 - 20% slower). Performance on a 1 Gb/sec network isn't considerably better than on a 100 Mb... –Richard Fredericksenfrom Amazon.com

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