Razor512
Very Senior Member
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/32203-netgear-readynas-rn516-reviewed
In the review of the ReadyNAS RN516, the performance is really good, but why does it have such a high cost?
A desktop PC build of similar specs would cost about $400 (not including the LCD display and capacitive buttons) but on amazon, it cost over $1100.
What I would like to know is how would such a system compare to a user building a similarly spec system, or using the money saved to add a few raid cards and extra storage.
While a user may not get 100% of the same set of features, they will end up with a system that can serve many purposes.
Outside of enterprises who have fewer issues with overpriced items, for a home user I find it difficult to justify NAS pricing especially if you look at the performance charts and at their prices and compare it to modern low cost systems which can easily max out a gigabit connection for far less money.
What am I missing that justifies the high cost of this NAS and most NAS devices in general (especially some of the clearly slow ones but still cost a lot)
In the review of the ReadyNAS RN516, the performance is really good, but why does it have such a high cost?
A desktop PC build of similar specs would cost about $400 (not including the LCD display and capacitive buttons) but on amazon, it cost over $1100.
What I would like to know is how would such a system compare to a user building a similarly spec system, or using the money saved to add a few raid cards and extra storage.
While a user may not get 100% of the same set of features, they will end up with a system that can serve many purposes.
Outside of enterprises who have fewer issues with overpriced items, for a home user I find it difficult to justify NAS pricing especially if you look at the performance charts and at their prices and compare it to modern low cost systems which can easily max out a gigabit connection for far less money.
What am I missing that justifies the high cost of this NAS and most NAS devices in general (especially some of the clearly slow ones but still cost a lot)