NETGEAR has announced that its entire ReadyNAS family of business-class,high-performance unified network storage devices has achieved VMware Ready status.

 Both desktop and rack-mount ReadyNAS for Business products, including the recently announced ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200, have all passed their rigorous VMware testing for the NFS and now the iSCSI protocols.

Server virtualization projects require network storage to give business customers dramatic improvements in hardware efficiency, cost savings and scalability,” said Atul Jain, Country Manager (India & SAARC), Netgear Technologies India.“ With the VMware certification, customers can confidently deploy the entire ReadyNAS family of business-class, high-performance unified network storage devices with the VMware platform to enable server consolidation and IT cost savings."

 “The VMware Ready designation signifies to customers that the products have passed detailed VMware testing, met stringent interoperability criteria, and are ready to run in production environments,” said Parag Patel, vice president, alliances, VMware. “We are delighted that NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS solutions now carry the VMware Ready logo.”

 The complete ReadyNAS business product range is now on the VMware Hardware Certification List (HCL) and is compatible with the industry-leading VMware vSphere™ platform.