Iomega's earlier
StorCenter ix2 NAS device featured two drives in a (relatively) slim package that, with a quick stab from an Ethernet cable, served files to the entirety of your network. But, those two drives were not user-replaceable and, while it could pull data from the wilds of the internet via BitTorrent support, it provided no online access to anything within its platters. Those issues are addressed by the new ix2-200, sharing the same features as its predecessor (RAID 1, Bluetooth, DLNA, USB ports for printers or security cameras, VMware certification, etc.), but also adding drive bays that a user can access -- albeit with a screwdriver, and definitely not while the thing is powered up. It will also provide remote access over the web, and Iomega promises it's greener than before, more deftly spinning down those drives when unneeded and relying on a thriftier power supply. It will ship at sizes of 1, 2, and 4TB for $270, $370, and $670 respectively. Surely you can find your storage/price sweet spot somewhere in there.
posted October 8th 2009 9:23AM
If it is as customizable as the Dlink DNS-323 then I'd be sold
esxcept the dlink dns323 works.
this is iomega. when has iomega EVER had good support or reliability.
I was screwed one too many times by iomega. NEVER AGAIN.
vmware certification?
you mean you can format the drives as vmfs and run your VM's off it?
HAHA legit
Certification... since it's a NAS device the VMware cert would be as a NFS server which you then can store your vmdk files on.
Sweet. I just hope the "green" automatic-drive-spindown/standby can be disabled. I bought a WD Mirror (2x1TB in Raid 1) external drive, and the stupid thing spins down after ten minutes of inactivity -- a feature that is non-customizable. I'd rather pay a few extra pennies on my electric bill than have to wait 12-15 seconds for the drives to spin up when I need them.
I have a WD 1TB with USB/FW400/eSATA and if you run it on USB or FW you have to install WD software or the drive goes to sleep in roughly the same time frame. The only problem is that it doesn't wake back up without hitting the power button or disconnecting it reconnecting. Biggest pain is that said software didn't work with Vista x64 right out of the gate. I two would rather pay a few cents more in the electric bill then have the drive go to sleep in the middle of a system backup. Luckily within a few weeks of purchasing it WD finally got the x64 updated software out, still a bad product launch to no support a variant of an OS and not have the option to disable the power saving features that rely on said software.
Hmm, I haven't had that problem; I've been running the hard drive without the WD software for a while now. (I found that the WD software was pretty useless anyway, given its lack of a "sleep mode" option.)
NEVER buy Iomega. I had a 1 TB NAS "made" by them (turns out they rebadge other people's products and just sell them as their own, as I found out by their terrible tech support).
Problems started when I copied over all my files to the NAS, to find out that the damn thing has a limit of how many folders their web interface could return, meaning: If you had too many folders in your drive the web interface would hang and you'd be SOL. I called Tech Support to ask them about a fix, and the guy just told me ALL NAS BEHAVE THAT WAY (!!!). And the damn thing died on me literally a year after I bought it.
STAY AWAY!
how stupid does a NAS manufacturer need to be to not include some simple software and a full internal NIC to make its NAS an IP server? really stupid, is the answer. and also, the fuck would you want BT for?
HMMMMMMMM a dedicated machine with large disc space designed for torrenting, why the fuck would we want one of those?!?
I think the question is in regards to Bluetooth. Not BitTorrent.
Three Words: Click Of Death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death) and for that, I will never EVER trust IOMega again.
Their zip drives sucked back in the day, and for that, I wouldn't touch this.
We have had a chance to get our hands on one at Net Friends in Durham, NC and it is fantastic. What makes it so special is all of the features couple with an extremely user-friendly web server GUI. It's one of those "it just works" products and is one of the only good mid-range NAS products as opposed to a $3000+ Thecus or Promise array.
ya just works till it breaks.
and then you can go to hell becuase it's iomega and they couldn't give a damn about you.
@burpethead
dude, you posted this same exact comment on another sites article about this same product. BUSTED!! Looks like someones getting paid top pose as a poster...hmm...I smell BAN hammer!
So to make it clear...BURPETHEAD IS A FAKE POSTER!
Be VERY suspect of positive posts about this product!!