ReadyNAS Case Studies

The ReadyNAS family of Network Attached Storage devices was designed specifically to fit the storage needs of small businesses. The easy deployment and management, scalable design and rich features of our products have delivered fail-safe storage to customers across a broad range of industries.

Each industry listed below leads you to case studies highlighting the business challenges of ReadyNAS customers and why they chose ReadyNAS as their solution.

Digital Photography

NETGEAR ReadyNAS delivers digital photographers network-enabled storage for all of their high-resolution images. From RAW files to JPEGs, the custom NETGEAR network storage microprocessor, built into ReadyNAS, was specifically designed to handle large files and has the ability to store, share and serve all of the images along the digital workflow process —giving photographers the freedom of fast file serving and data protection with hardware RAID.

Bill Nieman Photography, Inc. is a family run small business that specializes in family portraiture, in particular, senior portraits. School pictures are taken religiously every year from Kindergarten on, but to high school seniors, that final portrait is a rite of passage. Nieman Photography recognizes the importance of each picture. With Ready- NAS, they are able to safely store both the RAW files for editing and the final TIFF files for print. RAID gives them the redundancy they need to protect against hardware failure and the hot-swappable drives ensure that they will continue to be productive, even in the face of drive failure. The Internet sharing capability, including FTP support allows Nieman to share proofs with his clients online and the UPS monitoring and auto shutdown that ReadyNAS offers gives them the reassurance that even during frequent power outages in rural Wisconsin, their data is safe.

Get the full details of how Bill Nieman Photography utilizes the ReadyNAS here.

Entertainment

NETGEAR ReadyNAS delivers businesses in the entertainment industry Network Attached Storage with up to 3 TB of capacity for all of their high-definition files. Many NAS devices in the same class aren’t equipped to manage large audio and video files, but ReadyNAS was made for high-definition media and is an expert at storing and serving HD to multiple locations at the same time.

Founded in 1998, Levels Audio Post specializes in music production, sound design and audio post-production primarily for television music, reality and awards shows. As an industry leader in audio mixing and post-production, Levels Audio Post chose NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS NV, as their storage solution. With 1.2 TB of audio files that needed to be shared among multiple editing and mixing sessions, Levels needed a solution that delivered highperformance file serving capabilities and had the ability to provide a backup solution complete with hardware RAID. With native AFP support and easy deployment, ReadyNAS was able to fit quickly and seamlessly into their Macintosh environment. ReadyNAS helps Levels maintain their edge in delivering quality post-production sound mixing.

Get the full details of how Levels Audio Post utilizes the ReadyNAS here.

Information Technology

NETGEAR ReadyNAS delivers customers in the IT arena a rack-mountable storage solution that is easy to deploy and manage and allows for remote access. Built for data protection and easy backup, ReadyNAS delivers hardware RAID levels 0, 1 and 5 as well as X-RAID expandable RAID technology. If compliance is the concern, ReadyNAS offers seamless integration into Active Directory in a couple of keystrokes.

Perceiva is a provider of hosted and integrated communication solutions for small businesses. Focused on helping small businesses to provide higher levels of service to their customers, Perceiva integrates technologies including Voice-Over-IP, groupware, and customer relationship technology. As a small business focused on the needs of small business customers, Perceiva knows first hand that easy, dependable solutions like ReadyNAS are an important component of a successful business. Understanding that they needed to streamline their current file sharing processes, they turned to ReadyNAS to provide fast and intelligent file serving with remote access for their multiple offices. ReadyNAS also delivered to them expandable RAID (X-RAID) so that they could scale the capacity of their NAS over time and an intuitive set-up and management experience. It was the right solution for Peceiva. After all, they did call ReadyNAS “the best thing since sliced bread”.

Get the full details of how Perceiva utilizes the ReadyNAS here.

Retail

NETGEAR ReadyNAS delivers retail businesses the storage capacity they need to store all of their valuable business data, including inventory lists, billing and finance, and customer information. Without onsite IT support, small retail businesses can rely on easy set up and management with ReadyNAS —they can get the device up and running and integrated into their network in no time. Additionally, the small stature and environmental consciousness of ReadyNAS allow it to fit into a small office or store front without making noise, taking up space, or using much power.

Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes is a boutique bakery that specializes in custom wedding cakes. Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes knew they wanted a Network Attached Storage appliance to centrally store and safeguard the valuable data of their growing business. After carefully evaluating all of the solutions that fit their small budget, they chose ReadyNAS NV+ for its combination of a simplified set up, automated RAID management, and energy efficiency. Additionally, because Edith Meyer is running X-RAID, they can increase their storage capacity by changing to higher-capacity drives as their data grows. The expandability of X-RAID will manage the details for them while maintaining the integrity of the data. With the help of an award-winning business tool like ReadyNAS, Edith Meyer can focus on crafting her own award-winning creations.