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ReadyNAS 520 Series Network Attached Storage (NAS) Data Sheet
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Superior Performance Data Storage for Demanding Businesses
Every business faces the same challenges - the increasing amount and criticality of data, and the
need to store it and share it both in and outside of the oce securely and rapidly. ReadyNAS® 520
series oers superior performance storage capabilities for up to 80 users, featuring 10Gigabit
Ethernet connectivity and superior streaming capabilities for multiple 1K or single 4K streams.
ReadyNAS 520 is available in 4, 6 and 8 Bay configurations. It is a great addition to the ReadyNAS
family for small businesses needing to store, share and protect their growing company data.
Campuses or universities need to protect their research data, regional branches need to gather
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and backup their local data and share them with headquarters.
All ReadyNAS are built on the revolutionary ReadyNAS OS 6 operating system and next-gen BTRFS
file system. A best-in-class 5 levels of data protection - X-RAID™, Unlimited Snapshots, Bit rot
protection, real-time anti-virus and easy osite replication work in concert to securely protect
your data from common risks.
All ReadyNAS systems utilize proprietary ReadyCLOUD® technology. With ReadyCLOUD, remotely
accessing and sharing files in your own secure private cloud has never been easier. No VPN setup,
no port forwarding, no dynamic DNS required.
Featuring an architecture powered by blazing fast quad core hyper threaded Intel Pentium® server
processors along with DDR4 ECC memory, the RN520 is the no compromise, high performing data
storage systems of choice for businesses that need the ultimate in capacity, performance and security.
All Inclusive Solution for Data Sharing, Storing & Securing
• File Sharing: Unified storage platform for
sharing files between Windows, Mac and
Linux-based computers
• Hard Drive Redundancy: RAID redundancy
with automatic expansion and unlimited
data snapshots for point-in-time restore.
• Cloud Collaboration: Share selected
folders and files with ReadyCLOUD with
partners, clients or internal teams
Key Business Features
• Automatic Backup & Sync: Using the
ReadyCLOUD app for PC, scheduled
protection is easier than ever before
• Bit Rot Protection: A proprietary
technology protecting your files from
unplanned degradation
• Unlimited Snapshots: Unlimited data
snapshot capability for on-box protection
and flexible data recovery
• Backup & Recovery: ReadyDR disaster
recovery solution based on block level
replication technology
• High Scalability: ReadyNAS grows with
your business data with 5Bay expansion
chassis availability
• Virtualization: Thin provisioning, iSCSI
support and certified with VMware
• Cloud-managed Replication: Maintain
data sets in multiple locations or ensure
protection of data from remote or branch
oce locations
• iSCSI and Thin Provisioning: Powerful
tools for a business taking advantage of
virtual infrastructures
• Anti-virus & Encryption: Keep data
protected from outside threats and safe
from prying eyes
• X-RAID & Instant Provisioning: Easily
expand capacity and feel confident knowing
that data is always protected
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• Modern GUI and Cloud/Remote Access
from Anywhere: Sleek modern interface
and patented technology for secure remote
access without configuration eort
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ReadyNAS Solutions
File Sharing
These days, running a successful business oen depends on
successful file sharing—application data, virtual images, client
files, email, all the digital files that make your business go. With
ReadyNAS, you finally have an advanced and easy-to-use solution
for centralizing, securing, and sharing those critical assets. Faster
processors mean more simultaneous users can access unified
storage—across PC, Mac and Linux environments. ReadyCLOUD
and full Dropbox integration make it easier than ever to sync
your important files, photos or videos across all of your webconnected devices.
Windows
(CIFS/SMB)
Linux
(NFS)
Mac (AFP)
ReadyNAS
ReadyCloud
ReadyNAS Remote
FTP
webDAV
Mac
PC
iOS
ReadyNAS
Snapshots
RAID
Windows Linux Mac
Apple Time Machine
Disaster Recovery
The custom-built ReadyNAS OS protects stored data with
automatic RAID configuration, the continuous security of
Unlimited Snapshots, and easy-to-manage Cloud Replication.
By maintaining multiple copies of vital data through cloud
replication, it makes it easy for you to move data osite to
protect against natural disasters and the.
Server
(iSCSI)
Backup
Unlimited snapshots give you complete control over the past,
present, and future of your data. This enterprise-class feature
copies any point of time in the file system, can be manually or
automatically scheduled, and can restore any version with a
simple click. Other data protection innovations for disk-based
storage like Real Time Anti-Virus and Encryption bring new
confidence to the integrity of your data and back-ups.
ReadyNAS Replicate
Cloud-based Management
Central Oce
Remote Oce 3
Android
3rd Party Cloud Storage
Remote Oce 4
Hypervisor
ReadyNAS
VM
iSCSI LUN 1 iSCSI LUN 2
NFS 2
NFS 1
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Remote Oce 1
Remote Oce 2
Virtualization
With Unlimited Snapshots, thin provisioning, and improved iSCSI
support, ReadyNAS delivers a virtualization platform with nextgeneration features at an aordable price.
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ReadyNAS Desktop Model Comparison - 520 Series
ReadyNAS 524X ReadyNAS 526X ReadyNAS 528X
CPU
Memory
Drive Bays
Drive Types Supported
Hot Swappable Drives
Tool-less 3.5” disk installation
eSATA Ex pansion Por ts
Internal Capacity
Gigabit LAN ports
10Gbps LAN Ports
(Compatible with Gigabit LAN ports)
USB Ports
Power Supply
BTU at Full power supply utilization
BTU/hr
Power consumption: Operation
Power consumption: (Wake on LAN)
Power consumption: (Power O)
2-Line LCD Display
Push Button Navigation
Fan (mm)
Dimensions DxWxH (mm)
Weight (kg)
MTBF @ 40C (hours)
ProSUPPORT Servi ce Packs Available
On Call 24x7
Bluetooth dongle
Intel® D-1508 Dual Core 2.2GHz
Server Processor
4GB DDR4 ECC 4GB DDR4 ECC 4GB DDR4 ECC
4 6 8
SATA/SSD 2.5” or 3.5” SATA/SSD 2.5” or 3.5” SATA/SSD 2.5” or 3.5”
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
1 1 1
40TB 60TB 80TB
1 0 0
1 (10GBase-T) 2 (10GBase-T) 2 (10GBase-T)
Three (3) USB 3.0
(1 front, 2 rear)
External 120W:
input 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
74.9W
256 BTU/hr
41.9W 67.1W 82.2W
5.3W 310mW 344mW
204mW 264mW 341mW
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
92mm 120 2x 92mm
238.85 x 185 x 194 288 x 192 x 259 288.55 x 192 x 319 (with feet)
4.53kg (exclude HDD) 7.9 7kg 9.35kg
1-year: PMB0313
3-year: PMB0333
5-year: PMB0353
Yes Yes Yes
Intel® D-1508 Dual Core 2.2GHz
Server Processor
Three (3) USB 3.0
(1 front, 2 rear)
Internal 200W:
input 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
89 .1W
304 BTU/hr
54852 22618.91
1-year: PMB0313
3-year: PMB0333
5-year: PMB0353
Intel® D-1508 Dual Core 2.2GHz
Server Processor
Three (3) USB 3.0
(1 front, 2 rear)
Internal 250W:
input 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
104.3W
356 BTU/hr
1-year: PMB0313
3-year: PMB0333
5-year: PMB0353
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Technical Specifications
Data Protection (Backup & Replication)
• Unlimited block-based snapshots for
continuous data protection
• Restore Snapshots to any point in time
• Restore Snapshot data from local admin GUI,
ReadyCLOUD, or native Windows File Explorer
• Scheduled and manual snapshots
• Instantly clone snapshots
• File Synchronization (rsync)
• Encrypted Remote Replication
• Cloud managed Remote Replication
(ReadyNAS to ReadyNAS). No licenses
required for ReadyNAS OS 6 devices.
• AES 256-bit volume based encryption
• X-RAID™ (automatic single volume online
expansion)
• Expand multiple RAID groups (vdev)
• Single Disk, JBOD
• RAID Levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
• RAID Global Hot Spare
• eSATA Expansion
• Backup to external storage (USB/eSATA)
• Apple Time Machine support
• Remote Apple Time Machine backup and
restore (over ReadyNAS Remote)
• ReadyNAS Vault Cloud backup
(optional service)
• Amazon Cloud Drive synchronization
(requires Amazon account)
• DropBox file synchronization
(requires DropBox account)
• Real-time Anti-Virus scanning using
signature and heuristic algorithms. (No
end-user licenses required) Protection for
viruses, malware, worms, and Trojans.
• Bitrot automatic detection & correction for
degraded media
Storage Area Networks (SAN),
Virtualization
• Unlimited iSCSI LUN Snapshot
• Thin or thick provision LUNs
• Multi-LUN per target
• LUN mapping
• LUN masking
• SPC-3 Persistent Reservation (iSCSI)
• MPIO (iSCSI)
• MC/S (iSCSI)
• Max # iSCSI Target: 256
• Max # iSCSI LUN: 256
• VMware vSphere 5
• Citrix XenServer 6
• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
• Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
• Windows Server 2012 R2
ReadyCLOUD (cloud access to ReadyNAS)
• ReadyCLOUD portal based data access and
management
• Upgrade firmware remotely
• VPN quality remote data transfer and
management
• Share data with friends & co-workers
directly from portal
• Share file via email link
ReadyCLOUD Client Applications
• ReadyCLOUD client applications for Apple
OS X, Microso Windows, Android, and
Apple iOS
• VPN quality remote data transfer and
management
• Simple remote access through ReadyCLOUD
client (no firewall or router configuration
needed)
• Sync files/folders between PC (Mac/
Windows) & ReadyNAS
• Sync files/folders between multiple PCs and
ReadyNAS
• Sync files/folders between multiple users &
ReadyNAS
• Backup files/folders from PC to ReadyNAS
• Sync files/folders between PC (Mac/
Windows) & ReadyNAS
• Sync files/folders between multiple PCs and
ReadyNAS
• Sync files/folders between multiple users &
ReadyNAS
• Backup files/folders from PC to ReadyNAS
File System & Transfer Protocols
• ReadyNAS OS 6.6 (RN524X/526X/528X)
or later
• Linux 4.x
• Internal File System: BTRFS
• External File System: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS,
FAT32, H FS+
• Copy-on-write file system
• Data Compression
• Microso Network (CIFS/SMB 3)
• Apple OS X (AFP 3.3)
• Linux/Unix (NFS v4)
• Internet (HTTP)
• Secure Internet (HTTPS)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• FTP over SSL / TLS (explicit)
• FTP Passive mode with port range setup
• FTP Bandwidth control
• FTP Anonymous
• FTP Transfer Log
• Secure Shell (SSH)
• Web Authoring (WebDAV)
• Storage Array Network (iSCSI)
• File Synchronization (rsync)
• Local web file manager
Users/Groups:
• Max # Users: 8192
• Max # User Groups: 8192
• Max # Share Folder: 1024
• Max # Concurrent Connections: 1024
• Share Folder Level ACL Support
• Advanced Folder Permissions with Subfolder
ACL support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
• Microso Active Directory (AD) Domain
Controller Authentication
• Local access list
• ReadyCLOUD based ACL
• Domain user login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
Management
• ReadyCLOUD cloud-based discovery and
management
• RAIDar local discovery agent (Windows/Mac)
• Save and restore system configuration
(clone devices)
• Local event log
• Connection reporting (SMB)
• Local Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Languages: English, German, French,
Japanese, Chinese (Traditional & Simplified),
Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Italian,
Spanish, Polish, Czech, Dutch, Korean
• Unicode support
• Volume Management
• Thin provision Shares and LUNs
• Instant Provisioning/Expansion with data
protection
• Restore to factory default
• Operating Systems supported: Microso
Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, Microso Windows
Server 2008 R2/2012, Apple OS X, Linux/
Unix, Solaris, Apple iOS, Google Android
• Supported Web Browsers (Microso
Internet Explorer 9+, Microso Edge,
Mozilla Firefox 14+, Google Chrome 20+,
Apple Safari 5+)
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Technical Specifications
System Monitoring
• Device capacity, performance, resource and
health monitoring
• Bad block scan
• Hard Drive S.M.A.R .T.
• File System Check
• Disk Scrubbing
• Disk Defragment
• Volume balance
• Alerts (SMTP email, LCD, SNMP, local log)
• Auto-shutdown (hard drive, fan, UPS)
• Auto-restart on power recovery
Networking Protocols
• TCP/ I P
• IPv4
• IPv6
• Static IP Address
• Dynamic IP Address
• Multiple IP Settings
• DHCP Client
• UPnP Discovery
• Bonjour Discovery
• Link Aggregation IEEE 802.3ad
• Port Trunking (balanced round robin, active
backup, balance xor, broadcast, 802.3ad
link aggregation LACP, transmit load
balancing, adaptive load balancing)
• Hash Types IEEE 802.3ad LACP or XOR
(Layer 2, Layer3, Layer 4)
• Jumbo Frames
• Static routes
• Secure Shell (SSH)
• Simple Network Management Protocol v2, v3
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Media
• ReadyDLNA (UPnP DLNA Media Server)
• ReadyDLNA streams to any compliant
device including Playstation and Xbox
• ReadyDLNA mobile clients for remote media
streaming (iOS, Android)
• ReadyDLNA supported music formats
(wav, wma, pcm, ogg, mp3, m4a, flac, aac)
• ReadyDLNA supported photo formats
(jpg, jpeg)
• ReadyDLNA supported video formats
(3gp, mp4, wmv, xvid, vob, ts, tivo, mts,
mpeg, mpg, mp4, mov, mkv, m4v, m4p,
m2t, m2ts, flv,flc, fla, divx, avi, asf)
• ReadyDLNA supported playlist formats
(pls, m3u)
• ReadyNAS Surveillance (free trial, license
required) supports over 85 brands and
2000 models of IP cameras
• ReadyNAS Surveillance supports up to
32 cameras for RN526X and 64 cameras
for RN626X
• iTunes Server
• iTunes supported audio formats
(mp3, m4a, m4p, wav, aif)
• iTunes supported video formats
(m4v, mov, mp 4)
• iTunes supported playlist formats (m3u, wpl)
• TiVo Archiving (varies by model and region)
• Plex Media Server streams to DLNA and
Plex clients (mobile, desktop, Android TV,
Roku, Samsung & LG TVs)
Compliance
• ENGR 10049 EST Environmental Stress
Test Guideline
• ENGR 10045 EVT Engineering Validation
Test Guideline
• ENGR 10048 CVT Compliance Validation
Test Guideline
• ENGR 10046 System Validation Test Guideline
• ENGR 10023 HALT Accelerated Life
Test Guideline
• ENGR 10036 CDG Component Derating
Guideline
Environment
• Noise levels: <28dBA @ 30C (ReadyNAS
516/716), <24.9dBA @ 30C (all other units)
• Operating Temperature: 0-40C
• Operating Humidity: 5-95% relative
humidity, non-condensing
• Smart Fan
• Scheduled Power on/o
• UPS Support
• Network UPS with SNMP Management
• Wake on LAN
• Hard drive disk spin down
• Schedule power on/o
• Auto-power on (aer shutdown)
• AC Input Power Voltage 100V to 240V
• Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz,
Single Phase
• Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, RoHS,
VCCI Class B
• Warranty: 5 years*
Accessories
• RTRAY05: Replacement/additional 3.5” or
2.5” disk drive tray
• Add-on Applications
• One click installation of add-on applications
directly through local GUI
• Application available for productivity,
media, backup, surveillance, and many
others
• NETGEAR applications include Surveillance,
Photo Sharing, Advanced configuration
tools
• Partner applications include BitTorrent
Sync, Plex, Memeo, DVBlink
• Community applications include
Transmission, ownCloud, qBittorrent,
mySQL, VPN server, Syslog, Wordpress,
joomla, Media Wiki, and others
• Application availability subject to change
• Applications may impact overall
performance
• Soware Development Kit (SDK) available
for 3rd party developers
INDUSTRY-LEADING 5-YEAR HARDWARE WARRANTY
5-year next-business-day replacement,
90 day complimentary technical support
NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadyNAS, ReadyCLOUD and X-RAID are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for
identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s). Information is subject to change without notice. ©2017 NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved.
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