Iomega Introduces it's Four-Bay NAS Storage
Appliance
StoreCenter
ix4-200d
Iomega on Thursday introduced the StorCenter
ix4-200d, a new four-bay Network Attached Storage
(NAS) system for small to medium businesses that
works with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating
systems. It comes in 2, 4 and 8 terabyte
configurations for $700, $900 and $1,900
respectively.
The StorCenter
x4-200d features four hot-swappable SATA II drive
bays which come configured as a RAID 5 array, but
can also be configured as a RAID 10 (with automatic
RAID rebuild) or as a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks)
configuration.
Inside, the system
is running an embedded Linux operating system
equipped with EMC LifeLine software. It's compatible
with Apple's Time Machine software, and also comes
with Retrospect Express. The devise can be
configured as an iSCSI storage system (Mac users
will need iSCSI initiator software); supported
protocols include AFP/Bonjour, SNMP, FTP, HTTP,
Linux/Unix NFS, and Microsoft CIFS/SMB/Rally. The
device supports Active Directory and is also VMware-certified
for NFS and iSCSI on ESX Server 3--a core component
of VMware's vSphere technology for data centers.
On the outside, the
StorCenter ix4-200d has dual Gigabit Ethernet ports,
which can be configured for link aggregation,
network failover or on separate subnets. The system
sports three USB 2.0 ports you can use for printers
and additional storage expansion. A "QuikTransfer"
button on the unit's front lets you transfer data
immediately from a USB drive, and a front-facing LCD
panel shows you the unit's capacity, network
information and QuikTransfer job status.
While the
StorCenter ix4-200d is primarily aimed at business
users, it also features media server capabilities,
and is DLNA and UPnP-certified--it can work as an
iTunes server, or it can share files with an Xbox
360 or PlayStation 3 video game console. It also
supports Axis IP surveillance cameras.