NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay 500 GB (1 x 500 GB) Network Attached Storage RND2150 by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay 500 GB (1 x 500 GB) Network Attached Storage RND2150
Digital camera Review: Easy to setup, but mine is defective
Summary: 2 Stars
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This would be a great network appliance if I were able to use it. Simply plug it in to your network, run the setup disk on a networked PC, and you're good to go. You can even plug in a USB printer to do printer sharing.
IT took me maybe 10 minutes to set the whole thing up, and it worked great - for another 30 minutes.
As part of the setup process, you enter in up to 3 email addresses to receive messages from the unit (another great idea). At the 30 minute mark I received an email message that the internal temperature of the drive had reached 60C 140F and should be shut down immediately for service. I shut the unit down for a few minutes and then restarted it. 5 minutes later - another temperature warning.
Basically, this renders the unit entirely useless. I made sure there was nothing obstructing the ventilation, and that nothing was on top of the unit. The temperature of the room the device is in is about 70F - nothing abnormal.
I am assuming that I have a defective unit. If they all worked this way it would be a big problem.
Digital camera Review: Enterprise level product
Summary: 5 Stars
This is bar far the best backup storage unit I have ever purchased. Excellent solid build, small, quiet and capable of a ton of features. I use it as a mini server storage station and print server for multiple computers at home. I also purchased a second drive to mirror itself. My only complaint is that the instructions are not the best for setting up a lot of the things that it can do, considering this model is geared toward the masses. But then again, there is always the online forums.Digital camera Review: Exactly what I was looking for and more
Summary: 5 Stars
Like all the Netgear products I have bought it was dead easy to set up and I was backing up over the wireless network in less than 30 minutes.
I am SO happy to finally get all the years and years of files (which I honestly probably don't need but don't want to delete), backed-up and off the many portable hardd rives, CDs, DVDs and computers I have around the office and home.
The product only comes with one drive (I guess to keep the cost competitive) so because I wanted redundancy I bought another 500G Seagate drive and plugged that in as I was backing up onto the first drive. It started up and started duplicating immediately. The system also is configured to email me when there is a problem so if one of the drives dies I can shut the whole thing down until I get another drive.
Yes it is more expensive than converting one of my old computers into a linux backup option but so much easier! It also comes with a BitTorrent client, UPnP server, iTunes server (firefly) and Photo media server all installed and easily configurable through the web interface.
Another cool feature is that you can configure the front USB port to automatically download the information off it onto a specific network share. This means SD card comes out of the camera, into the USB reader and into the NAS. Within 5 minutes over 2G of photos were on the ReadyNAS and backed up. It is fast and so much easier than having it first on my computer then on the wife's Mac, then on backup somewhere and THEN off the SD card.
SOOOOOO much easier.
Recommend it to anyone!!
Digital camera Review: Excellent Machine but a little slow for some tasks
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had my readynas duo 500g for almost a year. I am VERY happy with it especially with the newest firmware which was released on April 11th, 2009. This firmware makes the system much more responsive when streaming music/videos to my Xbox 360. It used to take a long time to load up artists, albums, etc...now it is almost instant.
I use the readynas to backup two computers and also use it to synchronize my documents folder between the two computers with NTI Shadow 4.0
I don't know what I would do without my readynas now that I am so used to it. I feel 100% confident that my data is safe barring my house burning down. But, the new firmware allows you to auto backup to a netgear storage server via the internet which adds to your data protection.
The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that it is a tad slow. The new firmware has helped and in all fairness I haven't done much speed testing since it was released. In my use cases, speed doesn't matter much since Shadow makes my incremental backups nightly when I am not using the computer but it would be nice to be able to acccess my data a little faster. Maybe one of the the big brothers to the readynas duo would have some more speed.
Summary: Buy this. It is awesome.
Digital camera Review: FANTASTIC PRODUCT!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one fantastic item. It works exactly as it should and gives me peace of mind that my files are safe. I purchased a second hard drive from amazon and it installed very easily. Setup was a breeze and my printer works on all of my computers. Do not hesitate to buy this.