ReadyNAS release schedule/history

You can google ReadyNas NV announced etc.

I say buy a ReadyNas when you need it. There's always going to be something newer and better around the corner. The difficulty is knowing how far away the corner is. Is it a few weeks or a few years? If you wait you could be waiting forever.

I wish there was a wikipedia page with the history of the ReadyNAS... I guess that's what I'm looking for.

Netgear should create one!

When I purchased my NV+ back in November 2007, it was the only product listed on the site. In early 2008, they released the Duo. In the 2+ years since, they have released the following:

- Q1 2010 - ReadySAS 4200 (2u rackmount x 12 drives - x86 multi-core)
- Q1 2010 - ReadyNAS 3100 (1u rackmount x 4 drives - x86 multi-core)
- Q4 2009 - ReadyNAS 3200 (2u rackmount x 12 drives - x86 multi-core)
- Q3 2009 - ReadyNAS 2100 (1u rackmount x 4 drives - x86 Tolapai)
- Q2 2009 - ReadyNAS NVX (pedestal x 4 drives - x86 Tolapai)
- Q4 2008 - ReadyNAS Pro (pedestal x 6 drives - x86 dual-core)
- Q1 2008 - ReadyNAS Duo (pedestal x 2 drive - sparc)

Here's a graphic walk down memory lane (with approximately release dates of the more recent models) and IIRC, the first ReadyNAS was released in 2004/05 (back when they were Infrant):

ReadyNAS 600A, ReadyNAS 600B, ReadyNAS X6:



ReadyNAS 600 White, ReadyNAS 600 Wood:



ReadyNAS NV (rev. A & B), ReadyNAS NV+, ReadyNAS Duo (on top, Q1 2008), ReadyNAS NVX (Q2 2009):



ReadyNAS 1100 (top), ReadyNAS 2100 (middle, Q3 2009), ReadyNAS 1000s (bottom):



ReadyNAS 3100 (top, Q1 2010), ReadyNAS 4200 (middle, Q1 2010), ReadyNAS 3200 (bottom, Q4 2009):



ReadyNAS Pro (Q4 2008), ReadyNAS Repetoire:



The ReadyNAS T2:
(an OEM product by Infrant which supported up to (7) SATA drives. http://www.ipdrive.de/nasdrives/pdf/Rea ... Family.pdf)



(btw, all of this info came from the ReadyNAS page on Facebook - join today and feel the love - http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.ReadyNAS#!/NETGEAR.ReadyNAS)

nicely done Dave!

Looks like since the NVX, they have introduced a new product every quarter since.

I recall the Repertoire is much older, from Infrant times. "Proof" below (as you cant print out old thoughts :)).

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/infr ... ia-server/
http://web.archive.org/web/200610161159 ... Repertoire

Haven't you mixed up the dates for the 4200 and 3200? The 3200 was released before the 4200.

Edit: post above has been fixed.

mdgm wrote:
dbott67 wrote: ReadyNAS 3100 (top, Q1 2010), ReadyNAS 4200 (middle, Q1 2010), ReadyNAS 3200 (bottom, Q4 2009): Haven't you mixed up the dates for the 4200 and 3200? The 3200 was released before the 4200.

Isn't that what I said? :wink:

David,

How did you manage to get all these pictures?

edit: duh me.. facebook.. i was :-o how you get all these pictures.. lol

Jedi Knight wrote:
David, How did you manage to get all these pictures?

Actually, one day I snuck into ReadyNAS HQ and just orbited around yoh-dah's desk. Then, when no one was looking, I snapped a few pics and got the heck outta Dodge!

There was a public invitation for a new ReadyNAS beta test in this forum a couple of weeks ago. I'd guess that within the next 4-6 months there will be a new model.

I'm not part of the beta so I can't say anything else though I'd wager that several forum members should already have sparkling new hardware to test...

-Jan