Six-bay Netgear ReadyNAS 526X and 626X

At the IFA 2016 trade show, Netgear, Inc. refreshed its ReadyNAS NAS family.

New models bring best 10Gb connectivity to desktop storage for scaling VMs and clients, supported by 2x10GE ports to maximize data access performance and provide redundancy.

The two new six-bay desktop models, ReadyNAS 526X and ReadyNAS 626X, both run on the latest version of the  ReadyNAS OS (OS 6) with its five levels of unrivaled data protection. With ReadyNAS 526X and 626X, the company offers a desktop NAS in the world for small businesses – outperforming previous NAS solutions by eight times.

Creative professionals who work on high resolution digital imagery, ultra-HD 4K video and future 8K video finally have a NAS that does not slow down creativity. Businesses are now empowered to multiply productivity by backing up data 10 times faster and serve eight times more users. ReadyNAS 526X and 626X with dual 10GbE ports and server-class processor allow for more VMs, faster response times, and higher server loads – making it the small business choice for performance server virtualization.

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ReadyNAS 526X and 626X integrate into any existing GbE or 10GbE network and work seamlessly with 10GbE copper Ethernet switching solutions from the firm. The built-in dual 10GbE ports can be configured to operate as a trunk in link aggregation mode with company’s 10GbE switches – adding redundancy and improving overall system performance.

The ReadyNAS OS 6 that powers both ReadyNAS editions is designed to provide data protection to safeguard the security and privacy of data, file sharing and sync for easy recovery and file serving to address the demanding requirements of growing small businesses.

“Our newest ReadyNAS storage systems are designed to scale with the demands of small growing offices and media-heavy creative professionals who desperately need more storage capacity combined with better performance and value in order to stay competitive,” said Richard Jonker, VP, product line management, SMB products, Netgear. “With 20 years of expertise working with growing businesses to address their networking and storage challenges, Netgear continues to provide true best-in-class solutions.“

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What’s new in this desktop ReadyNAS?

• ReadyNAS 626X hardware

  • Desktop six-bay NAS for offices or branch offices of 40-120 employees

  • Xeon Server processor D-1521 quad core 2.4GHz

  • 8GB DDR4 of ECC RAM (expandable to 64GB)

  • Capacity up to 60TB (scales to 110TB with EDA500 expansion chassis)

  • 2x10GBase-T ports

  • 2x1GBase-T ports

  • Link aggregation IEEE 802.3ad, Layer 2, 3, 4

  • Port Trunking, adaptive load balancing

  • 3xUSB 3.0 ports

  • One eSATA port

• ReadyNAS 526X hardware

  • Desktop six-bay NAS for small offices or branch offices of 20-80 employees

  • Pentium Server processor D1508 dual core 2.2GHz

  • 4GB DDR4 of ECC RAM (expandable to 64GB)

  • Capacity up to 60TB (scales to 110TB with EDA500 expansion chassis)

  • Two 10GBase-T ports

  • Link aggregation IEEE 802.3ad, Layer 2, 3, 4

  • Port Trunking, adaptive load balancing

  • 3xUSB 3.0 ports

  • One eSATA port

The ReadyNAS 526X and 626X both sport a industrial design, with a metal enclosure, brushed metal door with two-line LCD, and five-point back-lit touch buttons for direct input.

ReadyNAS OS offers data protection and cloud options
The ReadyNAS OS 6 enabling both of the ReadyNAS offers a complete, reliable and cost-effective backup platform, starting with its BTRFS File System with five levels of data protection:

• RAID protection against disk failure

• Real time anti-virus

• Incremental backup copies with unlimited snapshots

• Bitrot protection against media degradation; and

• Easy-to-setup cloud-managed replication

ReadyNAS OS allows automatic bi-direction synchronization between any ReadyNAS model and the storage offered by public cloud services such as Amazon Cloud Drive and Dropbox.

Upon upgrade to the latest version of ReadyNAS OS 6, the ReadyDR will be automatically installed for block-level backup and restore to a second ReadyNAS. This feature ensures LAN replication of the largest backup files and databases.

In addition to supporting connections to popular cloud services, both  ReadyNAS also offer ReadyCLOUD, which provides an instant, secure VPN-based private cloud for local and remote data access for file sharing, without additional costs. Its versatile sync and remote management capabilities enable employees to enjoy the same unified interface regardless of location.

Both ReadyNAS 526X and 626X come as diskless chassis or populated with six storage drives (3, 4, or 6TB). The diskless edition of ReadyNAS 526X has an MSRP of $1,399 in the U.S (€1,513 in Europe). The diskless model of ReadyNAS 626X has an MSRP of $1,799 (€1,815 in Europe).

ReadyNAS is available worldwide.