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Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 500GB - $279.30 + Shipping - 30% off - Dick Smith Online

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Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 500GB - $279.30 + Shipping - 30% off - Dick Smith Online
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Lkaddude on 10/01/2010 - 11:48 dse.com.au (1330 clicks)
Last edited 12/01/2010 - 21:46

First submission so hope this is OK! Noticed this one the Dick Smith website. I already have this NAS and am very happy with it, aside from storage I use it to stream to my PS3 and to a Squeezebox Duet. There is also a great support forum.

Note it has a status of "On backorder" however I was able to add it to the cart and proceed to the final step of purchase, it still showed the NAS as $279.30. The postage shown was $9.95 which is also cheap in my view. And maybe Officeworks will do the 5% off pricematch? Good luck!

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  • Psygnosis on 10/01/2010 - 11:57

    It's a good price however i refunded this device straight away since it was extremely slow, very loud and limited to what it could do.

    I guess if you just want to do media playback and LAN storage then it's good but i went with the QNAP which obviously is more expensive but was far more worth it that this.

    • lukelegend on 10/01/2010 - 12:02
      +2

      Slow?? You must be doing something wrong as i tested the speed on a gigabit network and it was very fast. It has so many features, what more do you want?? programmable backup button, remote backup, email notification, X-raid (can rebuild) etc etc

      • y12345678 on 10/01/2010 - 14:06

        yes, it's very slow. smallnetbuilder shows it has very poor W/R speed. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_nas/Item…

        • stumo on 10/01/2010 - 16:33

          Well on that website in the review for this device it says "Even with its default settings, the Duo's performance puts it near the top of our NAS Charts for dual drive NAS devices." See here http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/30462-netgear…

          I think this is a very good deal. These are a big step up from normal LAN boxes, and are targeted at professional users. And you can buy spare parts for them just like a PC. I'd get one if I didn't already use a PC for my NAS.

          • y12345678 on 10/01/2010 - 17:29

            @stumo: As for the average read/write performance, Duo is less than 1/3 of Qnap ts-239 which is top notch 2bay nas, or 21.4MB/s vs 67.2MB/s for read, and 16.1 MB/s vs. 64.9MB/s for write.
            http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.php?option=com_nas&Item…

            http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.php?option=com_nas&Item…

          • y12345678 on 10/01/2010 - 17:41

            @stumo: Please be aware of that the review was made on June 03, 2008 Doug Reid. So Duo WAS among one of the top 2 bay NAS 2 year ago. That's quite a long time for IT industry.

            • tonyjzx on 10/01/2010 - 19:48

              @y12345678: to be fair this is a toy SOHO nas… Netgear have some semi pro 4 bay units

              the speeds are fine for most uses that don't involve shifting Gigs of ISOs all over the joint

              • kaddude on 10/01/2010 - 21:13

                @tonyjzx: For others considering this NAS, I'm not sure I'd class this one as a "toy". It is very well built and well featured, easy to use and I've found it very reliable. Yeah it could be quicker and quieter, but I'd it is quick enough and quiet enough for most, and real value at this price. There are other devices out there with the "NAS" label at a similar price which don't come up to this class.

                • tonyjzx on 10/01/2010 - 21:24
                  +2

                  @kaddude: i agree… that's why i bought one

                  how much is a 500Gb hdd? $50? the hdd has 3 yrs on it too

                  So this is a $230 nas? netgear seem good on the firmwares and community

                  support isn't that good though

            • stumo on 11/01/2010 - 09:44

              @y12345678: That long 2 years in the IT industry kind of supports what I'm saying. How many other NAS's are still around after 2 years? Speed isn't everything. Reliability should be paramount.

              eg. Imagine 2 years ago you bought a bling super high benchmark speed NAS, and it craps out now - the NAS itself not the HDDs. You would need to try and get hold of a working one to put your old HDDs in to recover your data. Chances are the manufacturer would have moved on to several generations of the next blingest NAS, so you are likely to be SOL. Or you might be able to spend a lot of time or pay someone to try to recover the actual data from the HDDs in whatever format and encryption that particular box uses. Again, you are likely to be SOL.

              If you bought the readyNas 2 years ago, you could go out and buy spare parts today, or still buy one brand new.

  • lukelegend on 10/01/2010 - 11:59

    I JUst brought one on Friday from Umart and paid over $300 for a non harddrive one, this is a great deal :)

  • CereaL on 10/01/2010 - 12:15

    anyone know the maximum size hdd you can load ?

    500gb aint really all that much these days … i was thinking bout putting a couple of 1.5/2tb hdds into it ..

  • savememoney on 10/01/2010 - 14:14

    Hi kaddude,

    So you got the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 500GB and then replaced the drives with 2x 1.5TB? Does the replacement drives have to be the ones listed in http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82 or can you use any ones?

    Cheers.

    • elguapo on 10/01/2010 - 19:05
      +3

      You can use any SATA disk but the listed ones are models that have been tested and verified. I run a Seagate ST31000333AS and a Western Digital WD1001FALS-00J7B0 in mine.

      I've had this same model Readynas duo for over 12 months now. I replaced the supplied HDD with 2 1TB drives. It is certainly not silent but you can tweak the internal fan etc. W/R speeds are more than acceptable. I have no dramas streaming 1080 HD content to my PS3. The little extras like a built in BT client mean you can leave this running to download away with out running up your PC. That's great if you have a large off peak download allowance.

      The price quote is very good. When I got mine Dick Smith had it for sale for a similar price to this. I went to Officeworks and they did the price match less 5% thing. I know there are some on the shelf at the Melbourne QV OW but I am not sure if it is the diskless verison or the 500GB version.

      • savememoney on 11/01/2010 - 01:46

        Thanks for the info amigo! :) +ve vote for assistance!

  • pooran on 11/01/2010 - 09:38

    Stupid question but I have read up on the RAID featuers which I'm not planning to use. It says as soon as you plug in the 2nd HDD, it will automatically mirror the first HDD. I want to use the two HDD as separate drives. Is that possible?

  • tonyjzx on 11/01/2010 - 11:31

    as far as i can work out you can only use raid1 OR raid0

    it does not do JBOD/spanning

    as yet i'm not sure if you can use two different partitions eg.

    2 x 1tb discs

    \readynas\movies$ -> disc 1 1tb

    \readynas\tv$ -> disc 2 1tb

    • pooran on 11/01/2010 - 14:50

      Raid0 would be ok wouldn't it? Just combine both and have separate folders for music, movies etc?

      • bctransit on 11/01/2010 - 15:05

        the problem is: in raid 0, if one HDD die, all the data will be gone

        • tonyjzx on 11/01/2010 - 16:59

          you can do two seperate volumes per disc as i described above

          i talked to someone from netgear support

          in fact, up to 2 volumes per disc is possible

          ie. \netgear\c$

          \netgear\d$

          \netgear\e$

          \netgear\f$

          • pooran on 11/01/2010 - 17:43

            @tonyjzx: Thanks mate. I think 2 x 1tb is on the cards atm. It's only for storage so I can't really see the hdd failing anytime soon. Touch wood, I back up most of my stuff on dvds anyway. Tonyjzx, in your setup above, thats in a raid0 set up right?

  • drotsap on 12/01/2010 - 01:37

    Long time lurker and new member here. Can anyone help me with 2 layman questions:

    1. For home use, do I really need a NAS?
    2. Does this work with Mac?

    THanks everyone. This is an awesome site with awesome ppl..

  • lonewolf on 12/01/2010 - 06:46

    Sadly guys this is another mistake / false advertising from DSE. My bro placed an order with them yesterday and was informed by them last night that the order has been cancelled due to the product being discontinued by supplier and hence cannot be sourced.

    • pooran on 12/01/2010 - 08:04

      Boooooooooooo. After doing so much friggin research as well.

    • Jad_Oz on 12/01/2010 - 09:57

      Thats really strange as I received an email this morning saying thanks for your order but it is on backorder and should ship next week. Oh well fingers crossed.

      • dzf on 12/01/2010 - 13:10

        yeah same here…let's see how the boat floats

        edit: and the link doesn't work anymore either

  • lonewolf on 12/01/2010 - 13:45
    +1

    My bro just got another reply after he sent a complaint through this morning. Then he called up to complain and DSE got back to him about it. They have now said they will honour the orders placed yesterday and the shipment should arrive next week but i dont think they will accept any more orders. Has anyone tried ordering today?

  • tonyjzx on 12/01/2010 - 22:09

    i did an order on sunday but to be honest i don't really give a shit

    i'll confirm if it's real tomorrow and work out what i wanna do with it

    i run a proper 2003 storage server already

  • Jad_Oz on 21/01/2010 - 14:48

    Received this yesterday. Awesome little box.

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