A couple of weeks ago we put the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo through its paces. We were a little disappointed in its performance, and now the ReadyNAS NV+ has shown up to try to defend the honour of the ReadyNAS family. Will it succeed or will it fall to the incessant pounding of our network stress tests?
The Netgear ReadyNAS Duo is Netgear's most affordable NAS. Built on the same foundations as its ReadyNAS brethren, how does the ReadyNAS Duo stack up to its competition?
At first glance, the LaCie iamaKey looks like a normal household key – which is just a little out of place in a computer store. Then you realize that it’s actually 8GB of USB storage that fits really nicely on a key ring. And then you pray like mad that the engineers were finished before the designers got started ...
NAS, or Network Attached Storage, is an easy way to move your data files outside your PC so they can be shared with others, and available even if your PC is turned off.
Having an enterprise IT background, and being a storage "nut", I'm always excited when I get a chance to play with a new piece of storage gear. Usually I am disappointed. Either the product has a terrible interface, or the performance just flat out sucks.
Let's see if the Intel SS4200-E NAS device can live up to the reputation of its OEM.
