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Is ReadyNAS leaving the small business market?
Hello,
I was in the market for a new 4 bay NAS to replace my ReadyNAS NVX. This NAS has served me well and if it wouldn't for the lack of software upgrades I would still use. It is very well made and has never let me down.
While shopping for a new NAS, the first place I looked was ReadyNAS. But the available models have shrinked quite a bit since last time I visited the website. The smallest desktop NAS is an 8 bay and there are only two desktop models listed on the website.
So hence my question: is ReadyNAS leaving the small business market space?
Thank you,
Pascal
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delange wrote:
is ReadyNAS leaving the small business market space?
Netgear hasn't said, but there is some evidence that might be the case.
Certainly you should be looking at all your options (including other vendors). Whether they are exiting the business or not, inventory is scarce and often overpriced.
I bought a QNAP TS-453 NAS this weekend. The QNAP is definatly a lot faster but that is too expected from a product that is 10 years younger. Build quality wize, the ReadyNAS is in a different leaugue. That is one of the reasons why ReadyNAS was my first choise.
But anyway, can't look back now. The QNAP does do everything I need it to do.
My NVX is now entering a new phase in its life: it is my new backup device. Every night it will boot up and the QNAP will then dump its backup onto the ReadyNAS.
delange wrote:
My NVX is now entering a new phase in its life: it is my new backup device. Every night it will boot up and the QNAP will then dump its backup onto the ReadyNAS.
I use my older NAS similarly. You might want to run the backup on the NVX - that avoids any glitches if the ReadyNAS takes longer to boot than expected. Also the NVX will postpone its shutdown if a backup job is running on it. Of course it can't do that if the QNAP is running the backup script.
FWIW, some legacy ReadyNAS can be converted to run OS-6 firmware. But the NVX isn't one if those.
Well, as they say, the grass is always greener on the other side... I now have a QNAP TS-453 as my main NAS. It isn't without its problems either. And thrying to contact support is not straight forward either.
I would have bought a ReadyNAS again if they had a model that would fit me.
Anyway lkxfhmliucdjhlg why do you say that getting a ReadyNAS is one of your worst decisions? Why trouble do you have with it?
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