NETGEAR®, Inc, a global supplier of technologically advanced, branded networking solutions, has launched the industry's first six-bay desktop network-attached storage solution (NAS) for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Targeted to meet the centralized network storage needs of up to 200-user SMBs, NETGEAR's ReadyNAS® Pro Gigabit Desktop Storage family delivers high availability, high performance, expandability, and serviceability in a lucrative unit that is user-friendly and speedy to deploy.

The ReadyNAS Pro product line is available in storage capacities of 1.5TB (RNDP6350), 3TB (RNDP6310), and 6TB (RNDP6610) – broadening the company's already successful, award-winning ReadyNAS product portfolio that has established NETGEAR as one of the fastest-growing players in the NAS market.

ReadyNAS Pro, the newest and fastest member of the ReadyNAS product family, offers up to 6TB of network-attached storage, allowing users across the LAN or WAN to store, back up and share digital data from a combination of Windows®, Macintosh® and Linux® platforms.

The strong ReadyNAS Pro supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and auto-expandable X-RAID2™ to provide solid data protection against single or double disk failure. To ensure high availability to stored data, the ReadyNAS Pro features dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports for failover protection. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS Pro products support up to six SATA II hard drives via six lockable, hot-swappable disk trays. Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of external USB drives, printers and battery backup devices.

Mr. Atul Jain,Country Manager(India & SAARC),Netgear Technologies Pvt Ltd, said, “Small- and medium-sized businesses have yearned for a high performance, high capacity NAS device tailored for their IT infrastructures and IT budgets. We’re particularly excited to announce the availability of the industry's first six-bay networked-attached storage product, our ReadyNAS Pro, as it will enable growing businesses to store and protect critical data on their networks like never before. SMBs have unique storage needs and our powerful ReadyNAS Pro provides the essential combination of performance, flexibility, ease-of-use, versatile features, and, perhaps most important, value.”

With an Intel® dual-core processor, ReadyNAS Pro outperforms all other network storage alternatives in its class -- reading at over 108 MBps and writing at over 102 MBps. The new ReadyNAS Pro network-attached storage solutions include RNDP6350 ReadyNAS Pro 1.5TB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (includes three 500GB SATA drives); RNDP6310 ReadyNAS Pro 3TB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (includes three 1000GB SATA drives) and RNDP6610 ReadyNAS Pro 6TB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (includes six 1000GB SATA drives).

Pushan Rinnen, research director at Gartner said, “The small business represents the next frontier for storage vendors. We’re seeing continued market growth for network-attached storage devices in this market, as businesses are seeking simple solutions to handle an ever-increasing amount of data across their networks. Vendors with a trusted brand that offer innovative ways to reduce storage management complexity while maintaining price competitiveness are in a good position to captivate the market potential.”

The ReadyNAS Pro joins NETGEAR's family of industry-leading ReadyNAS products, which already include the four-bay ReadyNAS RND4000 series, the four-bay ReadyNAS rack mount model RNR4000 series, and the two-bay ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 series.

Backed by a 5-year hardware warranty, NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro is now available through Rashi Peripherals and Ingram Micro, the authorized distributors of  Netgear at a price starting at Rs 1,25,000/-.