NETGEAR ReadyNAS NVX Reviewed

[claykin]

http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25161

[ablevy]

Well, it just showed up.

http://www.eaegis.com/items/data-sto...y-nas/list.htm

Expensive even for what you are getting.

Alan

[skerik]

I see that the official NVX announcement came out today. Neither it nor the eaegis link show a BYOD option. I hope that will be addressed very soon - I'm trying to pull the trigger on a NAS and a BYOD NVX would be at or near the top of my list. (I have 3 1.5 TB drives in hand that were briefly in a QNAP TS-409 but it was defective so I'm back in the market.)

[thiggins]

Don't hold your breath on a BYOD option for the NVX. You'll have to go with either a diskless NV+ (not being discontinued at this point) or ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer.

The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer seems to be the better deal at this point, unless you need iScsi and a few other features. I've seen it lately for as low as $1050.

[Osamede]

"Intel Advanced Embedded Processor"? Is that marketing-speak for "Intel Atom"? Which one?

[thiggins]

They aren't saying and haven't shipped my review unit yet.

Originally Posted by thiggins

They aren't saying and haven't shipped my review unit yet.

I would love to see your thoughts on NV+ versus NVX. All the sudden the NV+ seems pretty affordable with BYOD. The problem is, I had really decided on a QNAP TS-508 or 509+ (whenever that comes out) because I wanted the 5 drive. Decisions, decisions. For me things that are important are: AFP, Time Machine support, and fast network read times because I plan to use it as a movie server.

[thiggins]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I would love to see your thoughts on NV+ versus NVX.

The NVX will have much better speed and not have the modified EXT3 filesystem, which can't be read on most Linux systems.

Feature set, as with all ReadyNASes, is the same.

The NV+ has sufficient performance to be used as an HD movie source.

If you want more performance, but lower cost than the NVX, consider the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer (driveless). NETGEAR has no current plans for a driveless NVX.

[Nixlimited]

Originally Posted by thiggins

The NVX will have much better speed and not have the modified EXT3 filesystem, which can't be read on most Linux systems.

Feature set, as with all ReadyNASes, is the same.

The NV+ has sufficient performance to be used as an HD movie source.

If you want more performance, but lower cost than the NVX, consider the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer (driveless). NETGEAR has no current plans for a driveless NVX.

OK, so I logged in now--(you responded initially to my unregistered comment). At any rate, some more questions. If the NV+ is not readable by most linux systems, does that means something like my Popcorn Hour (video streamer) will not be able to read files off it? If so, that would be the end of my consideration for the NV+.

Right now I foresee my data needs to be around 2.5TB currently, but growing rapidly as I digitize my DVD collection. Thus, I have thought a 4-disc NAS would be good, but a 5-disc better since I plan to run RAID-5. Given that, what are your suggestions between the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer, Synology DS509+, and the QNAP TS-509 pro (I had the model number mixed up with the synology in my previous post). I have read all of your reviews (sans the DS509+ because that is just coming out), but don't have the expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Again, my goals are primarily for home movie storage to be streamed to things like the Popcorn Hour and perhaps the Netgear EVA9150 in the future. AFP is a preference because I run all Mac computers. Likewise, Time Machine is a perk for the same reason, but not that necessary--I already have USB drives and offsite back-up.

Also, though I have done some cursory reading about it, what if any benefit would iSCSI be to me?