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BotanyBay's avatar
Sep 17, 2017

Is the EDA500 discontinued?

Looking online to purchase an EDA500 expansion chassis and it appears that it is a "discontinued item".  Is this model being replaced by something different?

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Getting an additional ReadyNAS and hooking that up to your network provides much better performance and better value imo than getting an EDA500.

    • BotanyBay's avatar
      BotanyBay
      Tutor

      I understand that, I am looking to use the unit for a specific purpose of moving data between two locations and thought that the unit might be ideal.

       

      I am just looking for confirmation if it is no longer being manufactured?

      • Sandshark's avatar
        Sandshark
        Sensei

        BotanyBay wrote:

        I understand that, I am looking to use the unit for a specific purpose of moving data between two locations and thought that the unit might be ideal.

         


        It's not designed with that in mind.  You would be better off with a USB3 based device.  If you need more space than a single drive can handle, I have successfully used another manfacturers USB RAID device with a ReadyNAS.

         

        Amazon had a fire sale on the EDA500 a few months ago, which did make me suspect that it was being discontinued.

         

        If you really want one, there are a couple for sale on eBay.

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