This item is in excellent condition and will yield 2TB of storage in Raid 0, 1 TB of storage in Raid 1, or 1.3 TB in Raid 5. This unit was originally used to store my media collection, but, I am moving to an OS X environment with Firewire 800 storage. This unit includes the power cord only. The unit has been upgraded to the latest firmware upgrade from Netgear. Documentation and other administration software is available for free from the ReadyNAS web site at http://www.readynas.com.

This item includes 4 500gb hard drives, yielding the 2TB of storage described above.

At last, there is a Network Attached Storage device for small businesses and home offices that allows you to quickly and easily add capacity or swap out drives without down time. The automated RAID expansion is made possible by our patent pending X-RAID technology while hot swap support allows you to replace a disk without powering down the system. Leading performance is assured with our custom network storage microprocessor and a Gigabit Ethernet network port. ReadyNAS couples out of the box deployment and easy management with robust file serving and data redundancy.

Key Features Network Storage Type : Network Storage Server Form Factor: External Platform : PC · Unix · Mac

Hard Drive Hard Drive Type : Hot-Swap Hard Drive Capacity : 500 GB Total Storage capacity: 2 GB HD Data Transfer Rate: 150 MBps Quantity: 4

Memory Installed Memory: 256 MB Technical Features Ports: 1 x LAN · 3 x USB 2.0 Expansion Bays (total): 4 bays

Controller Controller Type: RAID · Serial ATA Controller RAID Level: RAID 0 · RAID 1 · RAID 5 · X-RAID

Networking Networking Type: Gigabit Network Adapter Data Link Protocol: Ethernet · Fast Ethernet · Gigabit Ethernet · SMB

Dimensions Width: 5.2 in. Depth: 8.7 in. Height: 7.9 in. Weight: 10 lb.

On Oct-05-08 at 08:56:49 PDT, seller added the following information:

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