Iomega, an EMC company and a global leader in data protection, today announced the next generation of its quad-drive desktop NAS appliance with the worldwide launch of the new Iomega® StorCenter™ ix4-200d. Based on industry-leading enterprise-class EMC® storage technologies, the affordable ix4-200d is the ideal NAS appliance for small businesses, distributed offices and home office networks that require advanced data storage and protection features without the need for a dedicated IT staff.
Up and running in a matter of four mouse clicks and a few minutes, the ix4-200d NAS appliance provides up to 8TB of networked storage that easily integrates with existing infrastructure for expanded storage, file-sharing and backup of critical business data.
Powerful, Versatile and Dependable to Meet Today's Data Management Challenges
Available in 2TB, 4TB and 8TB capacities, the new Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d NAS desktop appliance utilizes the acclaimed EMC LifeLine™ software, a fully-developed Linux operating environment and suite of applications that protects your data and performs valuable business tasks above and beyond simple storage, all designed to make it easy to securely store, protect and serve up data when you need it and where you want it. EMC LifeLine software is designed for cross-platform support with PC, Mac and Linux computers.
The ix4-200d can be configured with different levels of RAID support: RAID 5 (pre-configured) and RAID 10 (both with automatic RAID rebuild), as well as JBOD. The four drives in the ix4 are user replaceable SATA II hard drives that minimize downtime.
With dual Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and a high-performance embedded architecture, the ix4-200d boosts small business productivity by making data readily accessible and secure over a local network. The ix4-200d also has three USB 2.0 ports for adding printers or additional storage capacity with external USB drives.
Key Features of the StorCenter ix4-200d NAS Appliance
The new ix4-200d NAS appliance offers an array of additional features that make it one of the most advanced, innovative and easy-to-use network storage device for small businesses today:
- Device-to-Device Replication (D2D): Copy or backup files to and from the ix4-200d to any other NAS device without the need for a client computer. Jobs can be set to run at pre-determined schedule or at the touch of the ix4-200d's QuikTransfer button. The ix4-200d uses either the rsync or Windows File Sharing protocol to transfer data between itself and another network storage device.
- iSCSI Support: Provides block-level access for the most efficient storage utilization, especially for database, email and backup application performance. This feature also allows host-based operating systems and virtualization software to use the full capabilities of their native file systems, such as enabling VMFS for VMware utilization.
- VMware® Ready Certification: The ix4-200d is certified as both NAS (NFS) and iSCSI storage for VMware vSphere. The ix4-200d is listed on the VMware hardware compatibility list, enabling small businesses and other work groups to affordably take advantage of the benefits and advanced features offered by shared storage in a VMware environment. The ix4-200d is the ideal storage match for smaller virtualization deployments that use the new VMware vSphere Essentials and vSphere Essentials Plus software packages.
- Remote Access: Set up remote access and remotely manage and access data on the ix4-200d from anywhere in the world.
- Multiple Network Protocols: Works in Windows, Linux and Mac environments with network protocol support including CIFS/SMB/Rally, NFS, and AFP/Bonjour. The ix4-200d also supports advanced protocols such as HTTP, FTP and SNMP.
- Time Machine® Support: Lets Apple® users easily backup any Mac computers running OS X (10.5 or later) using Time Machine.
- Windows® Active Directory Support: Allows the ix4-200d to function as a client member in an Active Directory domain, giving users and groups access to the ix4-200d.
- Video Surveillance: Supports up to five Axis® Network video cameras, for real-time monitoring and video capture directly to the ix4-200d, without the need of a dedicated computer (dependent upon system workload and network conditions). The ix4-200d can be used as a storage target for other network surveillance cameras as well.
- Print Server: Supports intelligent print sharing capability for up to three USB printers directly connected to the ix4-200d.
- UPnP AV Media Server: Compatible with UPnP and DLNA certified media players, the ix4-200d streams photos, audio content and videos to not only laptops and computers but a variety of media devices, including game consoles (Xbox® 360, Sony PlayStation® 3), audio bridges, iTunes™ players, networked digital picture frames and other compatible devices.
- Bluetooth® capability: Allows users to upload contacts, photos and more from a cell phone, pocket PC or Blackberry® phone (Bluetooth USB adapter required, sold separately).
- Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP): Supports no touch, automatic transfer of photos from digital cameras via one of the four USB 2.0 ports on the ix4-200d.
- Versatility: Supports read and write on various formats, including Fat32, HFS+, NTFS or ext2/ext3 formatted hard disks.
- Alerts: Provides email and SNMP notification for quick system status.
- System Dashboard: Provides easy-to-understand status information on space utilization, device, peripheral and backup status.
Backup and Security Software for a Complete Solution
The StorCenter ix4-200d NAS appliance provides data backup and protection for any number of desktops and laptops with integrated EMC Retrospect® backup software. During the set-up process, users choose files and folders for scheduled automatic backups. After that, any changes or additions are updated and saved automatically.
The ix4-200d also comes with Iomega QuikProtect™ backup software for simple scheduled file-level backup of data to hard drives and network-attached storage devices.
For data security, the ix4-200d also includes RSA® BSAFE® encryption security technology for protecting installs and upgrades from viruses or malware. RSA is the security division of EMC that protects digital data at many of the world's largest banks.
Compatibility
The StorCenter ix4-200d NAS appliance is compatible with Windows®, Mac OS®, and Linux® PCs. The interface is localized in 11 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, German, and Russian).
Price and Availability
The 2TB StorCenter ix4-200d NAS appliance is now available worldwide for $699.99, the 4TB model is $899.99, and the 8TB model is $1,899.99. (All prices are U.S. suggested retail.)