Netgear 6 bay ReadyNAS Pro

High Performance ReadyNAS Pro Gigabit Desktop Storage Products Enable SMBs to Store, Protect and Share Critical Data, Providing up to 6TB of Storage and a Robust Feature Set that Delivers High-Availability, Ease-of-Use, Expandability, and Serviceability

LAS VEGAS - April 28, 2008 - NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking solutions, today announced the launch of the industry's first six-bay small form factor desktop network attached storage (NAS) solution at Interop 2008. NETGEAR's ReadyNAS™ Pro 1.5TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RNDP6350), ReadyNAS Pro 3TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RNDP6310) and ReadyNAS Pro 6TB Gigabit Desktop Storage (RNDP6610) broaden the ReadyNAS product family to deliver class-leading performance, high availability, ease-of-use, expandability, and serviceability to small and medium businesses to provide centralized network storage for up to 200 users.

Cost-effective, easy-to-manage and quick-to-deploy, the versatile ReadyNAS Pro provides up to 6TB of network attached storage enabling users across the LAN or WAN to store, backup and share digital data from a combination of Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms. ReadyNAS Pro, the newest and most powerful member of the award-winning ReadyNAS product family, supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and auto-expandable X-RAID2 to provide robust data protection against single disk failure. To ensure high availability to stored data, the ReadyNAS Pro features dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports for failover protection.

"Growing small and medium businesses face unique challenges when it comes to storing and protecting critical data," stated Sam Feng, NETGEAR's Director of Product Marketing for Networked Storage. "An increasing number of growing SMBs are realizing the need for a powerful storage solution that enables them to centrally store, protect and share vast amounts of critical business data across a variety of different platforms. The ReadyNAS Pro is designed with the needs of the growing SMB in mind. This powerful all-in-one NAS device delivers the critical combination of value, performance and features that makes it an ideal, scalable networked storage solution for growing companies."

The NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro Gigabit Desktop Network Storage products provide small and medium businesses with an easy-to-use, high-performance network attached storage solution to store and protect critical data. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS Pro products support up to six SATA I or SATA II hard drives via six lockable, hot-swappable disk trays. Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of USB drives or printers.

ReadyNAS Pro provides robust data protection and high-availability with failsafe features that include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 5 plus hot spare, RAID 6, and NETGEAR's proprietary X-RAID2 for automatic volume expansion. In addition to a Web based graphical user interface (GUI) and setup wizard for ease-of-use and setup, ReadyNAS Pro features an LCD display that provides quick and intuitive system status readings and incorporates an active system monitoring capability which continually monitors the entire system for abnormal situations or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network administrator.

The NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro is backed by a 5-year hardware warranty and will be available in Q3 2008 via leading direct marketers, e-commerce sites and value added resellers at a list price starting at $2,000 USD.

The ReadyNAS family of network attached storage solutions includes: