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Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 500GB (1 x 500GB) Network Storage (NAS) w/ Gigabit & speeds up to 25MBps - Retail

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The RND2150 from from Netgear is a 2-bay network storage enclosure that will grow as your needs do. The 2 hot swappable bays support SATA and SATA II hard drives. A 500GB drive is already installed and configured so you're ready to go right out of the box. Add capacity beyond the hard drives with the 3 USB 2.0 ports, or you attach a printer and let the print server handle your network's print jobs. There is a 256MB memory module to speed up operations.

This enclosure uses the patent pending X-RAID technology to future-proof your system. Add drives as necessary and swap out smaller drives for larger as your needs increase. X-RAID will handle it all automatically; no more buying a second enclosure full of drives and transferring all of the data manually.

The ReadyNAS is also a fully featured media server with UPnP AV support.

Review Summary (read more reviews, write a review)

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Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	69

Great for personal or small office

Reviewed By: EspressoMiata on 6/3/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great capabilities in a small package. Netgear has pretty much thought of everything in this little NAS. Media storage & streaming, file sharing, privacy, etc., this can do anything a small office would need and also a home computing enthusiast would want. Setup is basic enough for the average user yet has more sophisticated options for the more advanced user.

Cons: Does not integrate with Active Directory. Suggest using only for small number of users (less than 10). Having to setup users locally on the NAS is time consuming and would be very inconvenient for a large number. Sync'ing data when adding second disk for mirroring takes a long time even if there's no data on the original disk.

Other Thoughts: I purchased and implemented this for a small business client and now considering one for myself at home!

14 out of 15 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes

Great Nas But Confusing Permissions

Reviewed By: Th3MadScientist on 6/29/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Hot-swappable raid configuration, easy to manage interface. Supports Bittorrent as well as a few other protocols. Raidar utility is very informative. Had it up an running in about 10 minutes. Rebuilds/Syncs Raid 1 automatically but takes along time, about 1 1/2 hours for 2 500GB drives.

Cons: Does not support differential backups. Setting permissions on this thing is a nightmare, it's very confusing and all you'll end up doing is locking yourself out.

Other Thoughts: To the guy below me, you make other IT people look bad with your impulsive buying decisions and then giving bad reviews of the product because it won't do what you want it to do. Any respected IT official would of done the research first and found these issues and would've not wasted time. Please don't give products bad reviews just because you buy it first and then ask questions later. You should give yourself one egg for not being that smart.

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes

Quick Specs (view all30)

Model	RND2150
Port RJ-45	1 x 10/100/1000M
Port USB	3 x USB2.0
HDD Interface	2 x SATA
Included HDD Capacity	500GB

Review Summary (read all 69 Reviews, write a review)

63%

23%

Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	69

Outstanding!

Reviewed By: Alex on 11/7/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Extensive feature set, yet easy to set up and use. Web configuration interface is extremely well designed and thought out. I have this little beast streaming iTunes to three computer as well as a SONOS music system, as a video, picture, and torrent server. Easy to plug in a USB drive and either copy the files over for back up bi-directionally. I am consistently impressed with what a well designed and well built product this is. Upgrading to twin Samsung F3 1 TB spinpoints was easy as pie, and I took the drive it came with and stuck that in my desktop.

Cons: Noisey and bright. This was sitting on a desk in my bedroom for a while when I was configuring it and even when idle it is audible. It might be possible to swap out the fan for a quieter model but it is smaller than an 80mm. Also, the blue led in the power switch is galactically bright, particularly directly in front of it. I have moved the NAS down onto my rack of network gear in the basement so neither of these are issues for me any more, but both issues mean you should think twice before planting this in the open next to your HTPC setup.

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Works great.

Reviewed By: Jon on 8/12/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Extremely easy to use, supports everything I needed in a mixed Linux/Windows office. Easy to setup, easy to keep running, almost no need to touch it from month to month.

Cons: Rear USB ports not labeled, but in the software are called left and right, but is that front the front or back?

Other Thoughts: Could use a couple more USB ports, Printer, UPS, and back-up drive all connected at once, leaves no USB open.

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Watch out for bad power supply

Reviewed By: on 8/11/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Nice interface, easy to setup and lots of options.

Cons: There's a bad batch of power supplies. NewEgg won't replace just the power supply and NetGear won't ship you one either without charging you. NetGear support will make you ship entire unit back to NewEgg only to get a new unit with bad power supply or charge you to get working power supply.

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Model
Brand	NETGEAR
Model	RND2150
Spec
Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
Port RJ-45	1 x 10/100/1000M
Port USB	3 x USB2.0
HDD Interface	2 x SATA
Supported Protocols	CIFS/SMB for Windows AFP 3.1 for Mac OS 9/X NFS v2 / v3 for Linux and UNIX HTTP/S for web browsers FTP/S support
Management	Journaled file system User, group, and share-level quotas Drive set can be removed and migrated to ReadyNAS NV+ or 1100
Included HDD Capacity	500GB
Default/ Max. Memory	256 MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM SO-DIMM Embedded 64 MB flash memory for OS
RAID	NETGEAR Auto-Expandable X-RAID
Power	12V, 5A power adapter, localized to country of sale Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz
Dimensions	8.7" x 4.0" x 5.6"
Weight	4.56 lbs
Humidity	20-80% Humidity (non-condensing)
Features
Features	Directly streams music, photos and video to existing network media players without a computer Creates a personal webpage to easily share photos with friends and family Insert optional "spare" hard drive for automatic file protection and back-up
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts	5 years limited
Labor	5 years limited

Introduction

Highlights

	Gigabit Network Connection The Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 features a Gigabit Ethernet port for up to 10X the speed of most 100M network connections and excellent usability for office and home networks.
	500GB Storage Capacity The Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 is pre-installed with a 500GB hard drive so you can save your movies, music, applications and documents for easy sharing and even back up your system.
	SATA I/II HDD Support The Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 features two hot-swappable SATA I/II drive trays for easy installation and replacement of internal hard drives.
	Enhanced Data Protection For enhanced protection of data, add an optional second hard drive. The spare disk keeps an extra copy of all the data and instantly restores them in case of a drive failure.
	Built-in UPnP AV Media Server With built-in UPnP AV media server, the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 streams media files to compatible network media players without the need for a dedicated computer.
	X-RAID Technology Netgear's X-RAID technology offers a simplified approach to volume management – start with one disk, and then add an additional disk, or even upgrade to higher capacity disks later, without reconfiguring the system and shuffling the data.