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Netgear rolls out ReadyNAS Ultra series; starts at $599.99

By | July 9, 2010, 1:14am PDT

Summary: Netgear has just churned out and announced its ReadyNAS Ultra series, which is available in a few different potential storage capacities and ready to stream to TiVo.

Netgear has just churned out and announced its ReadyNAS Ultra series, which is available in a few different potential storage capacities and ready to stream to TiVo.

Powered by Intel Atom processors, Netgear’s latest network-attached storage machines start off at $599.99 for a diskless Ultra 4 two-bay edition, which can be filled with dual 2TB drives at $899.99.

Also for $899.99, you could get an empty Ultra 6 three-bay version, which in turn can be filled with three 2TB disks for $1,349.99.

Not only can these ReadyNAS devices connect to a TiVo box, but also to mobile devices via Orb technology and DLNA-certified machines.

The Ultra 4 and Ultra 6 will be ready for pre-order this Monday, July 12 on Amazon. A smaller-form Ultra 2 is expected to drop in October.

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zackers 13th Jul 2010
Netgear doesn't have the best track record when it comes to products not directly related to networking infrastructure. In the past they've abandoned network media players after just months. I have to wonder how large their commitment is to storage. The value-added in these products is in software and the feature set. These require constant upgrading and attention. If they have a relatively small number of engineers dedicated to storage, how much time can they spend on maintaining old products while developing new ones?
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rossdav@... 9th Jul 2010
You don't include the feature set, but first impression is way too much money. Consumers aren't going to buy at this price point.
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bodychex 9th Jul 2010
@rossdav@... Agreed. Nobody is going to spend $900 for the 2 bay unit only good for archiving data, or $1350 for 4TB of usable meager performance production storage. You need a 4 drive unit with 4TB of usable RAID 6 or 10 (for performance and redundancy) at that $1350 price point. Then it would be a fairly useful tool for an SMB. If it supported iscsi and had 2 active/active GB ports it could be a good option for a test lab "SAN". Lacie has options like this for only a little more $$.
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zackers 13th Jul 2010
Netgear doesn't have the best track record when it comes to products not directly related to networking infrastructure. In the past they've abandoned network media players after just months. I have to wonder how large their commitment is to storage. The value-added in these products is in software and the feature set. These require constant upgrading and attention. If they have a relatively small number of engineers dedicated to storage, how much time can they spend on maintaining old products while developing new ones?

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