Which NAS actually suits my needs?

No ReadyNAS product offers all these features at this time. However I would expect that the next generation will. One can only guess as to when NetGear might next refresh the line. The current Intel models were released late 2010.

That's a shame. Look's like it's Synology instead then. Thank you for the answer!

Why do you specifically need USB3?

I often need to take large amounts of data off-site. I know that i can download it via remote access, but many places in the UK impose download limits. This is where an external hard drive comes in handy.

As i am copying lots of data USB 2.0 is frustrating. Also, i intend to use this NAS for some time and due to their expense i want it future proofed as much as possible.

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I often need to take large amounts of data off-site. I know that i can download it via remote access, but many places in the UK impose download limits. This is where an external hard drive comes in handy. As i am copying lots of data USB 2.0 is frustrating...

You can also connect the USB 3.0 drive to your PC and copy the data over your LAN network. If you have a gigabit network, you likely will get faster copying that way (esp. if your drive is using a PC format, and not ext3/4).

Thank you. I hadn't thought of that but unfortunately I don't think it will help. My computers will all be accessing the NAS via wireless, which will surely result in slower transfer speeds than directly copying files from the NAS to a USB 3.0 drive.

Wireless would be a lot slower. I wired my house for ethernet, so I can plug in when copying a lot of data. (This also makes it practical to use the NAS to store disk-image backups of my PCs)