Likely Readynas 3-series

StephenB wrote:

CLHatch wrote: Don't know what the policy of "advertising" retailers in public is No issue here with quoting prices, though if a seller were to abuse that I'd at least warn them, or possibly ban. Not sure what other mods would do. Overall, policies here are quite permissive. Amazon US pricing today has a gap of only $40 between the RN314 and the RN316 (both diskless). That makes going with the 316 a no-brainer. The gap between the RN312 and the RN316 is $140, so budget for home users might start to kick in there. Though if you look at the analysis I posted earlier, you recover that extra money (and more) the first time you need to expand your storage. janpeter wrote: I guess this link is relevant https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID56 right? Mdgm replied, but the more succinct answer is "no". BTRFS has some experimental features that integrate RAID into the file system itself. They are interesting for the future, but not ready yet - and Netgear isn't using them.

OK, good to know. Yes, seemed like a no-brainer to me as well, since I was already looking at the RN314. Reason I went for the RN316.

The Amazon link is : http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ReadyNAS-Attached-Diskless-RN31600-100NAS/dp/B00BNI4EYG
That one is currently $554.99 with free shipping, although you have to pay tax, which brings the price up above $600.

Cheaper, and where I bought it from was here: http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?1378932
That one is currently $572.47 with free shipping, but no tax. You can also pay for faster shipping, which still ends up being cheaper than from Amazon after having to pay for tax. Get a "credit" if you go for the paid shipping also. I went that route, to later buy another hard disk from them to put in the RN316.

Edit:
Oh, if you live in CA or MA, you have to pay for tax when ordering through NextWarehouse also... in that case, Amazon ends up being a better deal.