Infrant releases the ReadyNAS NV+
By Evan Blass 
posted October 12th 2006 7:05PM
posted October 12th 2006 7:05PM
From past postings it would seem that Infrant has developed quite a little fan base for its ReadyNAS line of storage solutions, so all you NASheads out there will be happy to learn that the company has just added a new member to the family, the Gigabit Ethernet-equipped ReadyNAS NV+. Available in sizes ranging from 0GB (B.Y.O.HDD.) to 3TB, the four-bay NV+ adds several key features to the previous NV models, including a quieter design, LCD status window, and the RAIDiator 3.0 firmware that boasts enhanced power-saving features and improvements for Mac users. On the multimedia tip, you're getting built-in UPnP support along with SlimServer software (resulting from the partnership with Slim Devices that we recently reported on) for use with your Squeezebox or Transporter. You can pick up your own NV+ immediately, for anywhere between $650 for the diskless version and $2,999 for a massive 3TB black hole of storage.
That company sounds too much like infant. And i bet im not alone.
You /are/ alone. So very, very alone.
/So am I.
//I'm going to go cry now.
This is no big deal considering Intel has had their "Baxter Creek" SS4000-E NAS out for several months at $100 less:
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ss4000-E/index.htm
but the intel one doesn't have uPNP nor sling capabilities.
The Intel SS4000-E sucks, don't buy it:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/network/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=83416#83416
I've tested a lot of these systems but unfortunately not the Infrant units. I am not using the Synology CS-406:
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/09/15/synology_cs406_cube_station_nas/
Seems kind of expensive for the diskless version, at least compared to a barebone computer. Is this hardware raid 5 or software raid 5?