EMC subsidiary Iomega extends StorCenter NAS range

Stephen Withers
Thursday, 09 June 2011 15:16

Iomega's latest StorCenter PX NAS devices are aimed at SMEs and distributed enterprises (eg, branch offices).

With four and six-bay desktop models and a four-bay rackmount version, the Iomega StorCenter PX is available with 0 to 18TB (six 3TB drives) of installed capacity. They can be configured with 2.5 or 3.5in hard drives, or solid state drives for higher performance. RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+1 (hot spare) and 6 are all supported, with automatic RAID rebuild and hot swap functionality.

Other hardware features include a dual-core Intel processor, 2GB of memory, dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces,

Software features include cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) file sharing with simultaneous iSCSI block access; support for Active Directory, MSCS and Hyper-V Live Migration; and support for up to 12 Axis IP security cameras.

The StorCenter PX is certified for VMware vSphere 4.0, Citrix XenServer, and Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2.

"The new Iomega StorCenter PX series products are powerful business class  NAS devices designed to meet and exceed the network storage needs of today's small and mid-sized businesses," said Rajeev Mukul, Iomega's vice president for Asia Pacific and Japan.

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