I have been looking through the ReadyNAS range and as far as I can tell not a single product meets my specific needs :? I want a four bay unit, based on an Intel chip (so that I have full Plex support), that also has USB 3.0. I hope that I am just going crazy but I don't think any of product offers all 3 of these features.
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.
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.
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)
