ReadyNAS State of Union?

JabbaTheHutt wrote:
Are there features missing in the current product which you need for the 'small scale installations' you have?

Support wise I worked through the issue (myself) which evolved around the NV+ v2 consistently crashing only when reading/writing files at faster speeds (than over a 100Mbps network). I tried several units and had identical results using a drive listed on the HCL. Well during the process the drive disappeared from the HCL (no I didn't dream it up :)) and moving to another drive on the list resolved the issue.

A lot of the goodwill I had built up was lost over this experience. And finding out the new models (arm based) lacked a good chunk of the features of the older models gave me the impression the new goal was a low cost approach over features and performance. Also, looking over the HCL I came away with the belief that time has virtually stood still regarding supporting current (not even new) drives and other hardware.

Right now if I turn off via the NV+ v2 or DUO v2 via the Dashboard after x hours (18 or so) you can't use WOL and if you try the power button stops working. You have to unplug/plug them in to get back online. Not that bad of a bug and I guess the line is virtually starting over with the arm processor and perhaps it's just a difficult translation time. Perhaps that also explains why new features aren't being released with new models.

As far as what's missing. It's more faith regarding features and support that will be available in the future. Will the HCL ever catch up to the current drives on the market, will the arm based models (entire line eventually) go beyond the older models or simply become a low-end line. Right now I have to wonder if I'll ever be able to use 4TB ( or larger) drives as an example.