Iomega Launches New NAS

February 16, 2009 by Sanjay

San Diego, California-based Iomega Corporation has launched a new NAS christened “Stor Center Pro ix4-100″, targeted at small business and remote office requirements.

The StorCenter Pro ix4-100 comes in two capacities – 2TB and 4TB built using four drives that are hot-swap SATA II-based. The system can be operated by a web interface with a dashboard that gives a snapshot of its status. The interface frontends an EMC LifeLine software that runs and manages the system. LifeLine is a Linux-based software developed by EMC, the parent company of Iomega. Computers running OSs such as Windows, Linux or Macintosh can access and back-up their files on the ix4-100 NAS, and the product is equally at ease with formats such as FAT32, NTFS, or ext2/ext3.

The ix4-100 comes pre-configured for RAID 5 and can be configured for RAID 10 and JBOD. There are four USB 2.0 ports which can be used to connect printers (for print-sharing jobs) as well as additional storage. The ix4-100 fits in well within the Windows Active Directory structure, so users in the AD get to access it just like any other resource.

Besides computers, some other diverse-application devices can be connected directly to the ix4-100. For instance, video cameras (up to three) can be hooked to the device to capture and store video directly on to its hard disks. Media devices such as media players (UPnP and DLNA-certified), game consoles (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), audio bridges, iTunes players, digital picture frames etc can connect directly to the ix4-100 and get streams of photos, audio content and videos. The ix4-100 also allows users to upload data from cell phones, pocket PC or Blackberry through Bluetooth. Digital cameras can be hooked to a USB port to transfer their photos to the machine’s disks.