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chasg
Jul 31, 2012Aspirant
recommendation for home + home office, confused by options
Hi All, I confess to being quite confused by all of the various ReadyNAS units, and I'd like to ask for some help making an informed choice. I work at home, and have networked my office machines...
spinaltap1
Aug 01, 2012Aspirant
A critically important point to add...
Not all hard-drives on the market are suitable for ReadyNAS.
If you don't use recommended drives, and something does go wrong for any reason, Netgear are adamant that they will neither offer support nor enter into discussion on such problems.
Be sensible, and only buy drives listed on the official hardware compatibility list - http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641
Just choose your particular ReadyNAS and choose from those officially sanctioned (and different drives on different ReadyNAS' are recommended).
Not all hard-drives on the market are suitable for ReadyNAS.
If you don't use recommended drives, and something does go wrong for any reason, Netgear are adamant that they will neither offer support nor enter into discussion on such problems.
Be sensible, and only buy drives listed on the official hardware compatibility list - http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641
Just choose your particular ReadyNAS and choose from those officially sanctioned (and different drives on different ReadyNAS' are recommended).
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