NETGEAR Offers Six-Bay Desktop NAS Solution For SMBs

NETGEAR has announced worldwide availability of its six-bay desktop network-attached storage solution (NAS) for small- and medium-sized businesses. Designed specifically to meet the centralised network storage needs of up to 200-user SMBs, NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS Pro Gigabit Desktop Storage family delivers high availability, performance, expandability, and serviceability in a cost-effective unit that is easy to use and quick to deploy.

The ReadyNAS Pro product line is available in storage capacities of 1.5TB (RNDP6350), 3TB (RNDP6310), and 6TB (RNDP6610), enabling users across the LAN or WAN to store, back up and share digital data from a combination of Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms. The ReadyNAS Pro supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and auto-expandable X-RAID2 to provide data protection against single or double disk failure. To ensure high availability to stored data, the ReadyNAS Pro features dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports for failover protection. It supports up to six SATA II hard drives via six lockable, hot-swappable disk trays. Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of external USB drives, printers and battery backup devices.

“Small- and medium-sized businesses have yearned for a high performance, high capacity NAS device tailored for their IT infrastructures and IT budgets,” said Atul Jain, country manager (India & SAARC), Netgear Technologies. “We’re excited to announce the availability of the six-bay networked-attached storage product, our ReadyNAS Pro, as it will enable growing businesses to store and protect critical data on their networks in an efficient manner.”