| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » Netgear RNR4450 ReadyNAS 1100 2 TB Rackmount Network Storage with Dual Gigabit Ports (4x500GB) | | | | | | | Description: | | At last, there is a Network Attached Storage device for small businesses and home offices that allows you to quickly and easily add capacity or swap out drives without down time. The automated RAID expansion is made possible by our patent pending X-RAID technology while hot swap support allows you to replace a disk without powering down the system. Leading performance is assured with our custom network storage microprocessor and a Gigabit Ethernet network port. ReadyNAS couples out of the box deployment and easy management with robust file serving and data redundancy. | | | Features: | |
• Patent Pending X-RAID™ Technology automatically scales from 1 to 4 HDD with redundancy
• Hot-Swappable HDD design minimizes downtime (swap out drives on the fly)
• Complete RAID 0, 1, 5, X-RAID support
• Works natively with Windows, Macintosh, and Linux clients (CIFS/AFP 3.1/NFS v2 and v3); shares files across clients
• (For home use, Media server support for iTunes, UPnP AV and NETGEAR Digital Entertainer
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 16.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 18.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 22.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 17.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 21.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 ReadyNAS not a reliable solutionFeb 12, 2010
By S. OBRIEN
We have owned two ReadyNAS devices for the past 2 years and have been disappointed over and over. We use these devices to backup medium sized business data and it does not leave you with the feeling of "Oh, that's good it's back up there" but rather "I hope we backed it up someplace else too". We had to exchange one the boxes already and the device we have at our colo facility constantly needs rebooting. As others said it is very slow and the interface in horrible. We should have paid more money and got something from a real manufacturer like HP or Dell. I would not recommend this to anybody.
6 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Very slow, atrocious web interface and poor supportMar 19, 2009
By Richard Fredericksen
We've had one of these units for almost two years. On the bright side we haven't lost any data; but the system is very slow. This applies to both its file serving and its poorly designed web admin interface (you won't believe how slow it is and what a pain it is to use). We replaced an 8 year old Win2K desktop system (not a server mind you) with this unit and the decrease in performance was noticeable (10 - 20% slower). Performance on a 1 Gb/sec network isn't considerably better than on a 100 Mb/sec network.
Support from Netgear consists primarily of them telling you to do system resets, firmware reinstalls and finally factory resets (where you get to reinstall all your data and configuration information). Apparently its much easier to have your customers do all the legwork than to write some diagnostics for your hardware.
Stick with that old repurposed desktop as a file server, you'll be happier.
 Reliable. Wish it passed data faster.Oct 10, 2010
By ppmd
"Professional"
This item is no longer manufactured as of this writing.
I needed a reliable 1U form factor Network Attached Storage for a small office network and purchased this item for that purpose. It was very easy to install on the rack. I plugged in both of the gigabit Ethernet ports to a gigabit router and ran the unit in XRAID mode. 4x 500GB drives yielded 1.3 TB of storage. Sending data to this dual-Ethernet connected NAS was nothing spectacular in terms of speed. When both ports are plugged in, you end up having two different IP addresses for this device. I don't see any provisions for Teaming.
The web-based GUI was very easy to use, and I think the response of the software was adequate. I love how it can be configured to notify me when a backup is done, when there is a new firmware to download, or when there is an IP conflict. The remote software RAIDar makes for easy ReadyNAS discovery on client computers - very useful for a novice like me.
Most importantly, this device just works. It has been up 24/7 since January 2009. Granted, it's sitting on a rack in a temperature-controlled room, fed by a UPS giving it steady 110 volts/stable current, but the hardware is rock solid.
I still would recommend this device as a nice peace-of-mind backup storage solution despite the Ethernet ports and throughput.
Horrid unit, Not a reliable solution for data backup. I'm very displeasedApr 28, 2010
By Disgustipated
By all means this thing is horridly slow in every way. Save yourself the money and get FreeNAS (yes this distro is free) and build your own. If you don't want to build your own look for something other than this. In all the time I have owned this unit it has went from bad to worse. The user panel is as horrid as the hardware. I can't stress enough, STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS UNIT. YOU WILL BE MOST UNHAPPY. JUST READ THE OTHER REVIEWS AND GOOGLE IT.
3 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Netgear SucksJan 21, 2009
By Colin Kay
We purchased our Netgear ReadyNAS 1100 2TB system on 12/15/2008 from Amazon.com - BTW: very smooth ordering, no issues there. After having one of my experienced programmers setup this equipment for automated backups, w/in a few days of running the ReadyNAS it's sending us daily automated messages indicating disk 4: "Reallocated sector count has increased in the last day." Basically, one of our four 500GB Seagate disks (Western Digital are much more reliable) is going bad w/in a few days of cranking this thing on. After contacting Netgear, we were told the disk is going bad and that they would happily replace it. Here's the good stuff. Even though today is 1/20/09 and we purchased the thing on 12/15/08 (that's just over 30 days ago), we'll have to pay $20 to have Netgear ship us a new drive so that we can then, ship the old one back. Now, $20 is a drop in the hat with all the equipment and it doesn't buy a happy meal from Micky D's for a family, but since when does purchasing a close to $2000 piece of equipment cost a penny more to fix when the hunk of junk doesn't work w/in a few days of having it up and running? We also called Netgear prior to purchasing this unit and went to their presales area via telephone. None of our questions could be answered by their Indian speaking reps... like speaking with a zoo animal. All I can say is that Netgear is pathetically disappointing and I regret spending 4K on this ReadyNAS and their switches over the last month.
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