NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay 1 TB (1 x 1 TB) Desktop Network Attached Storage RND2110 by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay 1 TB (1 x 1 TB) Desktop Network Attached Storage RND2110
Digital camera Review: This this is great
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the ReadyNas duo with the intent of setting it to FlexRAID (Hold the button in back for 20 sec or so). I had one 1.5 TB drive and one 2.0 TB drive. This was good but the stripping lost a lot of disk space. So I purchased a second 2 TB drive and went back to xRAID. Each time I changed I had no issues. With the 2 2TB drives I have 1.8TB of usable space to store my media and iMac time machine backups. I now also have the 1 TB drive that come with it as a USB drive off the back. Seagate 2TB drives are the approved by Netgear drives I purchased from Amazon. Still need to figur eout Firefly and Bittorent. BUT LOVING IT!Digital camera Review: Very good device.
Summary: 4 Stars
This has worked just as planned across multiple systems (PC and Mac) perfectly. We've got sensitive client data on it that is mirrored to another 1G harddrive. The quality of the unit is very impressive and overall it's worked great.Digital camera Review: Very happy, but be careful when adding hard drives
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm very happy with my ReadyNas duo. I was easy to set up and saved me from losing a lot of data. I would definitely recommend it to friends. However, be VERY careful when adding hard drives. The ReadyNas has a very specific hardware compatibility list for supported hard drives so make sure you only use hard drives from the list and be very sure to check the "notes" section of the list. Sometimes, only a very specific firmware version of the HD is supported and it is difficult to make sure you get the right firmware if you order from online retailers (who doesn't?).
My recommendation is to use the administration utility and check with HD came with your duo and just buy exactly the same model when adding a HD to your ReadyNas.
Digital camera Review: Won't do NTFS or FAT32
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this unit to replace my WD NetBook "World Edition" which died. I thought that I could pull the RAID 1 drives from the WD unit and put them or their data in the NetGear NAS. WRONG !! The Western Digital unit was formatted in some obscure 16bit format which windows cannot read. I had to pay a guy $300 to recover the data. Not willing to be fooled twice, I decided that my NAS was going to have to be self recoverable from windows (NTFS or FAT32 format). I sent the NetGear NAS back un-opened and set up a spare PC as an NAS (2 1TB drives)
You think you have a robust NAS because the drives are RAIDED, then the unit itself dies on you and what have you got? You've got a couple of drives in a format that a PC can't read. I think NAS in a format other than NTFS or FAT32 is a mistake. The NetGear NAS may be fine, but based on my recent experience I think it's a bad idea. -- db
Digital camera Review: Works great, but the interface is a little confusing
Summary: 4 Stars
I am storing around 2,100 CDs on my two mirrored, 1 TB drives. Using a Sonos ZP90 through my home network, and the free Sonos Controller app for my iPhone, I can use my Wi-Fi network to stream internet music, or play my CDs, with a few touches of my phone. It plays through my home stereo system and is the perfect jukebox. Really, really neat.
I did find the setup for the NASDuo to be a bit confusing. It took me some time to navigate the various screens and I had to guess on a lot of the settings, but it seems to work perfectly so all's well that ends well.
One thing I would love to know, is how the heck to set it up to back my pictures up on this NASDuo. I have maybe 250 gigs of photos on my PC hard drive and it would so rock if they automatically backed up on the NASDuo on a regular schedule. I have Googled the problem and perused the NASDuo owner's manual, and can't figure it out. How hard could it be to explain such a basic function in plain English?
Otherwise, though, I love this thing.