Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 2TB

[_Belial]

Hi all,

Having just upgraded to a 4-drive NAS, my trusty Netgear ReadyNAS Duo is up for grabs.

It's a superb device, has 2 drive bays and it's really quiet (once it's got past boot when fans run at full speed). I've had it about 8 months, running 24/7 with not a single issue. It's been running SabNZBD as well constantly pulling bookmarks from nzbmatrix for me and i've been streaming from it to my AppleTV with xbmc with no issues whatsoever.

Originally it came with 1x2TB drive but I've taken that out for my new nas so I've put 2x1TB drives in there to sell it (WDC WD10EACS-00ZJB0 and HDT721010SLA360 ). I've just updated it to latest firmware as well to be sure.

It's in mint condition, as literally it hasn't moved since I got it, comes fully boxed with manuals, psu etc. And it's a tiny thing too.

Looking for £120 delivered (prices at eBuyer, amazon are 129 for the no-drive version).



Quick specs

Product Description

“With a ReadyNAS Duo on your home network, you’ll have the peace of mind that you’re no longer among the 50%+ of people who are just a hard drive failure away from losing valuable iTunes files and thousands of digital pictures……..forever”

ReadyNAS Duo is the heart of your digital home. It keeps your digital media safe* while allowing you to share it with all of your computers, games consoles and media players. Built in a sturdy steel housing and backed by an industry leading 3 year warranty from one of the biggest names in home networking, NETGEAR. Simply add up to two SATA hard drives of your choice and you’re ready to go!

• Ultra small form factor high performance 2 bay home NAS with Gigabit connectivity
• Never lose data due to drive failure by simply adding a second drive
• X-RAID technology – Hot swap drives easily to add capacity when you need it, without any down time
• Dedicated storage processor and hardware RAID for class leading read/write performance
• Full backup capability – Included Shadow for ReadyNAS software allows constant data backup of PC’s and Macs
• Full Media server- stream movies, music and photos to any network capable media player including Xbox360, PS3 etc
• Apple iTunes 7 servers - iPods, iPhones, PCs or Macs running the iTunes client can access the shared music library stored on the ReadyNAS Duo
• Share Photos – ReadyNAS Photos allows you to share your pictures with friends and family across the internet to anywhere in the world
• Built-in BitTorrent Client – Download straight into ReadyNAS Duo without a PC being switched on
• Multifunction USB ports – Connect USB drives and share printers through 3 fast USB ports
• Access stored content anywhere via the Internet
• Low power consumption – only draws 12w in standby, around one tenth the consumption of an average PC

*Add two hard drives to this empty chassis for protection from hard drive failure. ReadyNAS Duo automatically switches to RAID1 mirroring.

You can install a load of add-on's onto it as well, see here

http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=47

[burner1]

INterested in this mate.. does it have an 'RND' version number?

[_Belial]

Not sure mate, main screen shows the following?

Hostname: nas-B8-27-B5

Model: ReadyNAS Duo [X-RAID]
Serial: 24M3047W00CCA
Firmware: RAIDiator 4.1.7 [1.00a043]
Memory: 256 MB [2.5-3-3-7]

MAC address: C0:3F:0E:B8:27:B5
IPv4 address:: 192.168.0.100


Volume C: Online, X-RAID, 2 disks, 0% of 925 GB used

RND sounds like it means ReadyNas Duo, whis is what this is, not sure if that helps ya.

[burner1]

OK mate, I'll have to work on some figures but interested. Obviously I understand if someone else comes along and offers a suitable price I lose out.

[emu]

100 pounds via paypal gift anygood?

im a bit skint at the mo

[_Belial]

Thanks for the offer, but too low, I think it's fairly priced as-is, and if it doesn't sell at that price, i'll just put it to use as something to backup my data to in another room.

[burner1]

Still interested in this mate.. Do you know if both drives spin down under power management settings? Just wondering as I'd like to have it on 24/7 and that feature would be useful. Been doing some reading and it seems some people have had some problems with this powering down both drives.

[_Belial]

Ooh I don't know tbh, I just left it on 24/7 tbh, just done a quick google and looks like it does have some power management tools that mention disk spin-down

http://www.readynas.com/?p=177

Low power consumption

It’s nice to see a lot of companies start thinking about making their products green. It’s now the “in” thing to do. Well, the ReadyNAS product line has always been green even before there was a push by regulations and consumer demand.
The ReadyNAS Duo takes it a step further. For instance, in an idle state, the Duo consumes 27W of power, less than half of your typical incandescent light bulb. It’ll take a few more watts when there is disk activity. In disk spin-down mode, the Duo consumes only 12W.
Furthermore, if you use the automatic power-on scheduler, you’ll save even more. For instance, if you plan on accessing the ReadyNAS only during an 8-hour window each day, your average usage of the box can be as low as a third of the 12W, or around 4W. All without compromising on performance

[_Belial]

**bump**

[burner1]

HI mate. If you can take BT, I'll take it. PM me bank info.

[_Belial]

Yeah BT's fine mate, will drop you a PM with details.

[burner1]

Turned up ok mate. Configured and up and running on my network. Great deal, well packaged as well being as new. Cheers.