Netgear RNDP6000 Readynas PRO

I'm going back to a Windows Server setup or possible Overland Storage.

Fault tolerant Storage. Expandable

Security on the device keeps failing. Have to reset permissions constantly. One day an account will have full access to their files, then the next, the permissions are lost. have to log on as the administrator and reset permissions at every directory...

I spent a week or so after this arrived testing configurations and automatic volume expansion. I decided to use the X-RAID2 system (which is basically md + lvm + Netgear scripts) over FlexRAID (standard RAID 5, 6) because it allows for opportunistic...

Intuitive, flexible, and responsive ajax web interface ; More file sharing protocols than you can shake a stick at: samba, afp, nfs, rsync, http/s access, ftp/s (no sftp out of the box) ; User accounts for gradated security ; Enable or disable each...

No backup rotation using integrated tools (but easy to script with root login and cron) ; Easy to bork all your data if used without UPS, or if hard-shutdown during restripe (to be expected) ; Root access voids support contract until next factory reset...

Performance is very good. Not quite as good as local RAID10, but much more reliable (Intel Matrix is a failure). Get an average transfer speed of 70-80MB/s. Finally the cost of this full performance unit is now less the cost of building a...

Easily expandable. Large capacity, supports many mfr's for drives. Much easier to setup than a server. Great for those who want large reliable fault tolerant central storage. If you can setup RAID on a Windows workstation and share folders, you can set...

not free. May be confusing to setup for the less Tech Savy, but if you can setup RAID on a Windows workstation you can set this up