Slideshow: Netgear ReadyNAS Duo

Netgear's ReadyNAS Duo will give other dual-drive NASes a run for the money.  Read the full review.

Tags: Infrant, NAS, Netgear, RAID,

New to the Charts: Netgear ReadyNAS Duo

Netgear's ReadyNAS Duo has finally made it onto the SmallNetBuilder test bench and into the NAS Charts. And this highly-anticipated dual-drive NAS based on the acquired Infrant's X-RAID technology doesn't disappoint.

Tags: Infrant, NAS, Netgear, RAID,

NETGEAR Completes Infrant Acquisition

NETGEAR today said that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Infrant Technologies.

On May 2, 2007, NETGEAR executed a definitive agreement to acquire Infrant, a provider of networked attached storage products. With the completion of the acquisition, NETGEAR adds Infrant's team to focus on hardware, software and technology for networked storage devices under Paul Tien, former President and CEO of Infrant and NETGEAR's new Vice President and General Manager, Networked Storage Products.

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NETGEAR buying Infrant

NETGEAR today announced that it has agreed to purchase privately-held networked storage appliance maker Infrant Technologies.

Under the terms of the agreement, NETGEAR will pay $60 million in cash for Infrant. Infrant shareholders may receive a total additional payout of up to $20 million in cash over the three years following closure of the acquisition if specific revenue targets are reached.

The acquisition is subject to various standard closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter. Following completion of the transaction, Infrant's President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Tien will become NETGEAR's Vice President and General Manager for storage products.

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Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ and 1100: Small steps forward

Tim Higgins takes a quick look at Infrant's newest ReadyNAS family members and finds two nice, but only incrementally better RAID 5 NASes.

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Infrant adds SMB rackmount NAS

Infrant Technologies today announced a Network Attached Storage (NAS) product for the SMB market. The ReadyNAS 1100 is packaged in a compact 12" deep 1U chassis, enabling back-to-back mounting in a four-post data rack. Typical power consumption is 75 watts with four hard drives.

Other hardware features include dual gigabit Ethernet ports, full-hardware RAID (0, 1, 5, X-RAID), support for up to four hot-swappable SATA hard drives and sequenced hard drive power on to protect against "start-up surging."

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2006 Networking Holiday Buyer's Guide

Your network has been very good this year, so why not reward it with a shiny new toy? Our Networking Holiday Buyer's Guide will guide you to the goodies and keep you away from the lumps of coal.

Tags: D-Link, HomePlug, Infrant, NAS, Netgear, WiFi,

Slim Devices and Infrant Make Expensive Music Together

Slim Devices has bundled its Squeezebox and Infrant's ReadyNAS NV to go after Sonos in the high-end, whole-house audio market. Jim Buzbee looks at the odds of their success.

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Infrant ReadyNAS NV Review

Take the features of both the Infrant ReadyNAS 600 and X6, squeeze them into an attractive small enclosure and what do you have? The Infrant ReadyNAS NV.

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HeadToHead: Infrant ReadyNAS 600 vs. X6

A lot of NASes pass through the TomsNetworking test labs, with most varying only slightly from the ho-hum norm. But this ReadyNAS pair has even our normally-jaded Tim Higgins so excited that he thinks you should be too!

Tags: Infrant, NAS, RAID, ReadyNAS 600, ReadyNAS X6,