Is Netgear's ReadyNAS Products Reliable?

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TPTS wrote:

Looking at Amazon a new matching system is the ReadyNAS Pro6 2 12 TB (6 x 2TB) that costs $9,815.59.

 

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Netgear stopped producing the Pro6 in 2013.  Currently shipping models that have similar performance are the RN526 and RN626.  Inventory on several ReadyNAS models has been low for some months now - Netgear hasn't explained whu that is.  However, you can find RN626x for about $900 on Amazon at the moment (though if I were buying right now, I'd spend the extra $100 needed to get the RN628).

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TPTS wrote:

It seems that Netgear has a 12-month expectation, which in my option does not align with the cost of the product.

The warranty is 5 years for the x86 platforms, and your view doesn't seem to align with that.  Personally I don't expect my PCs or ReadyNAS to last 20 years.  Some might well last that long, but that doesn't mean they will typically do that. 

Though if I needed to replace PSUs every 12 months, I'd certainly be upset.  Is there something unusual about your power?  Personally I have found ReadyNAS hardware to be quite reliable:

• Duo purchased in 2009, no issues
• NV+ from 2010, PSU replaced in 2014.
• Pro6 from 2011, no issues
• RN102 from 2013, no issues
• RN202 from 2016, no issues
• RN524 from 2016, no issues
• RN526 from 2016, no issues

All of these are still operational.  That is 49 years of operation total, with only one component failure (which was covered under warranty).

Disks of course are another matter. I have had my share of disk failures.  Though the disks in the NV+ are all still working.

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TPTS wrote:
Is there a way to have access to a working chassis without having to spend absorbent amounts of money just to pull the data off my valid and working drive array (if the box would turn on)?

Is this a hypothetical question, or is your NAS not functioning?

If you are running 4.2.x firmware, then an OS-6 x86 NAS (RN300 series or better) can mount your disks as read-only (allowing you to offload data).  If you are running 6.x firmware on your Ultra (it can be converted to run it), then you can directly migrate your disks to another currently shipping ReadyNAS.