ReadyNAS Ultra 6 plus vs. Pro 6

[quote="How is NETGEAR going to continue paying for my Ferrari if folks like you keep waiting around for the cheapest price??? :slap: :wink:[/quote]

I hear you yoh-dah, economy doesn't lend well for the "wants" right now and this purchase falls in that category.

mdgm wrote:
Well with hard drive prices so high at the moment that does push the budget for many. Funds are not unlimited. Before the floods I'd been hoping for drive prices to fall further before buying more ReadyNAS units. Now I'm waiting for prices to come back down. Even upgrading existing units is expensive. Would need to spend about $800 AUD to add 4x3TB drives to my Ultra 6 to expand it.

Exactly. The fact that newer cheaper drives aren't on the HCL doesn't help this issue at all. Money spent on hard drives is just less money going to Netgear...

So, thought I should update this thread after my experience with a ReadyNAS device. I pulled the trigger on a lower model and that was clearly the wrong choice. I've owned the Ultra 4 Plus (RNDP400U) for about 3 weeks now, installed PLEX and tested it with my PS3, Roku, Tivo, Media player, etc. I am returning it back to the vendor, mostly because of the poor CPU performance and also because the Tivo support is quiet limited, it only transfers shows without some sort of DRM (hasn't transferred very many).

I am still not willing to spend $900 for the Ultra or Pro 6, doesn't make any IMO and quiet frankly don't need the 6 bays. So I'll be placing an order for the Synology DS412+, which comes with a slightly better CPU, supports PLEX, and is compatible with the drives I already purchased.

Thanks everyone who helped me with this..I still think ReadyNAS is a great product and would consider/recommend it for other things.