~High-performance rackmount ReadyNAS for demanding environments~

~1U 4-bay storage device running on the award-winning ReadyNAS OS 6 platform~

New Delhi, India, February 27, 2015: NETGEAR®, Inc., a global networking company that delivers innovative products to businesses, consumers, and service providers, has recently introduced ReadyNAS 3130 in the market. With a 1U form factor for easy rack deployment in businesses of any size, this 4-bay NAS has a capacity up to 24 TB. Its powerful processor supports up to 200 simultaneous users and is especially suitable for virtualized environments.

The NETGEAR ReadyNAS product line (www.netgear.com/readynas) of network attached storage provides businesses with an advanced and easy-to-use solution for centralizing, securing and controlling access to digital assets. ReadyNAS pairs the latest in performance with the groundbreaking ReadyNAS operating system (OS 6.2) that features industry-first technology in 5 levels of complete data protection, backup, sync, and cloud-based management. It offers innovative efficiency technologies such as unlimited snapshots, thin provisioning, and cloud-managed replication for dramatically reducing any possibility of data loss.

The new four-bay ReadyNAS 3130 (www.netgear.com/readynas-rackmount) with four Gigabit Ethernet ports has a 1U form factor for easy rack deployment in growing offices of all sizes. It has a capacity up to 24 TB of high-performance storage for supporting up to 200 simultaneous users. With its new and more powerful CPU, ReadyNAS 3130 is virtualization-ready with iSCSI support, thin provisioning capability, and interoperability with VMware® and Microsoft Hyper-V® — powerful tools for businesses taking advantage of virtual infrastructures.

Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Regional Director, India & SAARC, NETGEAR,said “We at NETGEAR are constantly working to achieve the current day business needs as well as those of tomorrow. With the launch of ReadyNAS 3130 we aim to provide businesses an advanced and easy-to-use solution for centralizing, securing and controlling access to digital assets.”

Pricing and Availability

ReadyNAS 3130 is available with the authorised distributors of NETGEAR in India and is backed by NETGEAR 5-Year Limited Hardware Warranty.

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail-proven, mobile broadband solutions for their customers on the go. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 45,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 39,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, California, USA, with additional offices in over 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at twitter.com/NETGEAR and www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.