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The editors liked
Lots of storage for the money
Gigabit Ethernet
Compact size
Windows
Apple and Linux support
Affordable NAS box
Performs well at reading back data
Simple
Provides mirrored storage
Media server works well
Easy to set up and use
Strong security settings
Great remote-access and sharing capabilities
Surveillance-camera support
Very good Read/Write performance. Feature-loaded. Robust video surveillance capabilities. Plenty of data backup and redundancy options. Integration with various social networking sites and multimedia services like YouTube. Drives easy to install and remov
Super-fast transfers
Personal Cloud lets you access files remotely
Automated uploads to Facebook
Versatile storage
The size of a brick
Its by far the smallest drive in our test. Energy Starcompliant power adapter. Simple Webbased admin. Cheap.
Easy to set up and manage
Excellent Web-based interface
Compact and quiet
Supports Bluetooth
Can read and write to external hard drives formatted in NTFS.
Small form factor
Easy to install and manage
Built-in RAID and encryption
The editors didn't like
Drives not userreplaceable
Middleofthepack performance
No integrated scheduled backup
Slow write performance on mix of files and folders
Large power supply
Can pick up a non-mirrored 1TB Nas far cheaper
Diskless version is pricey
Mixed file-transfer performance
Mac Time Machine support requires installing software
Clunky personal cloud set-up process
Bland design
Cloud service hard to configure
Does not work with Apples Time Machine. Power button smaller than a grain of rice. Drives arent serviceable. Lack of Web access is simply a dealkiller
Though Iomega says its due shortly.
The two hard drives are not user replaceable or serviceable
No remote access via the Internet
Requires application running in the background to use Web interface
Published: 2008-12-16, Author: Peter , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: Reviewing a NAS is probably not at the top of my list of things to do, but the Iomega ix2 is a dead simple network storage solution that works well. The model I reviewed is the 2TB variety and I finally caved and started backing up my files. Even thoug...
Abstract: The acquisition of Iomega by EMC holds promise of new, innovative storage solutions. With Iomegas status as a leader in the consumer and SOHO storage space, and EMCs entrenchment in storage for the enterprise, the latest offering from Iomega combines...
Easy to set up and manage; excellent Web-based interface; compact and quiet; supports Bluetooth; can read and write to external hard drives formatted in NTFS.
The two hard drives are not user replaceable or serviceable; no remote access via the Internet; requires application running in the background to use Web interface; short one-year warranty.
The Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a two-drive NAS device that offers Bluetooth support but no remote access via the Web. We dont like the fact that you cant access its two hard drives, but it still holds appeal for novice users looking for a dead simple N...
Easy to set up and manage; excellent Web-based interface; compact and quiet; supports Bluetooth; can read and write to external hard drives formatted in NTFS.
The two hard drives are not user replaceable or serviceable; no remote access via the Internet; requires application running in the background to use Web interface; short one-year warranty.
The Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a two-drive NAS device that offers Bluetooth support but no remote access via the Web. We dont like the fact that you cant access its two hard drives, but it still holds appeal for novice users looking for a dead simple N...
Published: 2008-10-28, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: Backup isn’t generally seen as glamorous, and the Iomega StorCenter ix2 is unlikely to change that perception. A sober gray box, the ix2 is as compact as dual 3.5-inch SATA-II hard-drives will let it be. However inside there lurks an iTunes-compatible ...
It does a lot, and it does it pretty well, for not a lot of cash. Here's a list of the exciting bits on the Ix2-200's feature list: • Automated backup and restore: Full Time Machine support for Macs as well as Retrospect, a different backup s...
Easy to set up and manage, Excellent webbased interface, Compact and quiet, Supports Bluetooth, Can read and write to external hard drives formatted in NTFS
The two hard drives are not user replaceable or serviceable, No remote access via the internet, Requires application running in the background to use web interface, Short oneyear warranty
The Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a two-drive NAS device that offers Bluetooth support but no remote access via the web. We dont like the fact that you cant access its two hard drives, but it still holds appeal for novice users looking for a dead simple ...
