Show floor video: Netgear ReadyNAS stores and plays it all

I love my ReadyNAS NV+. Bought it from eaegis and they were great. Got the 1 GB memory expansion and 4 x 750 GB drives.

I recently updated to 4.0 OS and now really love being able to ssh into the file system and see the root of the fs as the admin user (just like a Mac). I can finally change group permissions from the command line, which I was really needing before.

I also enabled Time Machine's "unsupported network volumes" support for backup (see infrant's forums for how to do this) and am successfully backing up all three machines (wirelessly even) to the NAS. Much more peace of mind!

All I've heard is horror stories on Windows about the SC101.

You're better off using something like NASLite.

Awesome, and super cheap, and supports AFP.

Weee that's a lot of storage... and er ah cash!

@Pauldy
Joe said specifically that the low-end ReadyNAS boxes do not support Macs. He is right. You need WinXP to manage them, and there is no AFP support. The high-end boxes do have Mac OS X management and support AFP. Different boxes, different specs. The TUAW post gave the impression that all of the ReadyNAS boxes were Mac-friendly, and that is not the case, as Joe thoughtfully pointed out. The fact that an Intel Mac running WinXP under Bootcamp might play nice with a server, but not the same Mac running OS X, just makes the distinction more annoying.

@tves,

At least do Joe the courtesy of following the link he posted, where you will see, for the SC101:

Windows® 2000(SP4), XP Home or Pro (SP1 or SP2), 2003(SP4)

NO MAC. Just as Joe said. What makes you think different?

thats a horrible shirt

Joe,

There's Mac hardware support.. There's no OS X ( or earlier) support.

OSX Mac

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/NetworkStorage/SC101.aspx?detail=System+Requirements

Requirements:
# Windows® 2000(SP4), XP Home or Pro (SP1 or SP2), 2003(SP4)

I don't think I really understand these systems. I get being able to offload your files and use them for back-ups, but the iTunes server seems strange. You'd still need to have your files on your actual computer if you wanted to sync them with your iPod, right?

The Netgear acquisition basically added a couple of hundred dollars, reduced support, and added a longer warrantly. Overall not as good of a deal. Plus Thecus has the faster throughput and Synology and Qnap have better support reputations nowadays.

BYO might be a bit harder, since it is hard to get the low power draw which is essential for these boxes, but it is half the price and twice the performance (use something like FreeNAS as your software...)