New ReadyNas 312/314/316?

Hi all,

Now that I have calmed down, let me expand on what I said earlier.

I will test the RN516 when it hits Australia as the feature set is second only to the Infortrend NAS. (which has a hideous web interface)
No other NAS devices I know of come close to the feature set - if it works as promised.
It will be good to see Netgear finally allowing JBOD expansion on smaller devices.

I can understand Netgear want to sell new gear - not support existing equipment.
There is NO reason to NOT support ReadyNAS 6.0 on the Pro4/6 except for maybe minimum RAM specs.
If they are not going to back-port ReadNAS OS 6.0 they at least have to fix outstanding bugs.
Case in point.
Today an interstate client had the dreaded issue of his ReadyNAS Pro6 stuck at the "booting" screen.
After I did all the usual troubleshooting (os re-install, skip volume check etc…) I dropped the device into tech support for L3 to fix.
Turns out the issue was the boot volume was full due to logs files growing too large.
My client was off line the entire day waiting for L3 to fix. (from 8am to 7pm)
This is the second time it has happened to that client and it has happened to several other clients.
It's a known issue and they even have a add-on to address the issue but it never been documented anywhere or the fix merged into the standard firmware. Its these kinds of bugs that they HAVE to squash before releasing a new OS.

On the high end video side, I have lot of 22 bay Synology setups (head + JBOD) with my clients.
They are a good devices with great pricing, but there is no drive scrubbing so I am concerned about "bit rot".
Add to that SHR RAID is not as robust as XRAID2.
Also, whilst there is an Australian distributor, if there is a major issue, you have to drop it into telnet mode and get Taiwan to remote in and fix it.
At least with Netgear, I can open a case (usually in the Philippines) and then get the local L3 technicians in Sydney to take a look.

The ReadyDATA is an interesting product that will fit into alot of video production setups - especially with the dual 10Gb connections.
It does go head to head against the Infortend NAS. They have an amazing track record building solid RAIDs.
Both systems are ZFS based so feature set is similar.

RND asked about features to look out for on the ReadyDATA.
It's simply not an area I am interested in - my video production clients want rock solid, fast bulk storage.
ReadyDATA is a better fit than Synology for that. But does come an increased cost.

As a point of comparison, I test NAS devices regularly - it it does not meet my client requirements, I let the distributor know.
Ive tested Ingrasys, Pegasus, LaCie, ActiData, Infortrend, ReadyNAS, Synology and a few other brands.
Even with all it's quirks and issues ReadyNAS is still my go to product for mac based creative networks.
I will be testing the Asustor NAS next week, but don't have high hopes…
I would love to test Thecus and QNAP, but the local distributor does not loan to consultants - only resellers. Their loss…