Infrant ReadyNAS X6

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Infrant ReadyNAS X6

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Richard Poelling
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Infrant
Dec. 7, 2005

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Storage is necessary; there is no way to escape this fact. The cost of digital storage is decreasing as fast as we are finding new ways to fill it up (500 GB hard drive versus storage-hungry video games, 8 megapixel cameras, digital music and video collections!). This leaves few options in the realm of storage management. As soon as you install that new hard drive, it is full. Only by enabling easy expandability will we be able to curtail this unique problem. The ReadyNAS X6 has provided us with an answer to our storage problems. With its unique X-RAID technology, you are able to add space at your pace and your budget. Face it, technology isn't finding new and better ways to take up less space, so we need to find better ways to store all our digital content.

Infrant's ReadyNAS X6 performs its job excellently. Between the small size and plethora of features, you won't know where to start first. Even if you don't utilize all of the functionality that the X6 has to offer, its performance in the realm of file serving should make it well worth the price. The X6 without any drives will set you back $600. That seems like a tall price to pay, but realize all you have to do is add drives at your pace. Add to this the lack of any types of licensing issues (cough, Microsoft!) and the price of the X6 becomes a non-issue. The fact that you can expand your array easily and without having to move all the files makes this NAS tops in my book any day. Given the fact that drive capacities are only increasing, you could easily replace out the drives with larger ones at a later date. All in all the ReadyNAS X6 is an excellent product worthy of your attention, whether you are an IT pro or just a hobbyist looking for more storage.

Pros

So simple to use
Mass storage!Quick!
Quiet and compact
X-RAID

Cons

Admin interface not so speedy
FTP port issues
Does not use Standard RAID settings

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: First Looks
Page 3: Installation
Page 4: Hard Drives
Page 5: Services
Page 6: Testing
Page 7: Testing: DiskBench
Page 8: Testing: Iometer
Page 9: Quality, Security & Error Reporting
Page 10: Conclusion

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