Duxbury Networking has released a new family of desktop storage devices from its principal Netgear, said to be the industry's first six-bay, desktop network-attached storage (NAS) solution for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with up to 200 users.
The ReadyNAS Pro product line is available in storage capacities ranging from 1.5 terabytes to 6 terabytes, enabling users across the corporate LAN or WAN to store, back up and share digital data from a combination of Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms.
According to Andy Robb, chief technology officer at Duxbury Networking, SMEs represent the next frontier for data storage vendors. “Despite a downturn in the market, we're witnessing continued growth for network-attached storage devices, as SMEs search for cost-effective solutions to handle an ever-increasing amount of data.”
The ReadyNas Pro supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and auto-expandable X-RAID2 to provide data protection against single or double disk failure. It features dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports to ensure high availability to stored data and to protect against failover incidents.
Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS Pro products support 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.
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