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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
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 ...
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Published: 2013-08-28, Author: Leo , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: Earlier this yearm Lenovo and EMC got together in one of those corporate deals to launch LenovoEMC Ltd. Considering that EMC bought Iomega back in 2008, this means that Iomega is now part of the Lenovo empire, and that is the reason this NAS is named the ...
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Published: 2013-02-14, Author: Frank , review by: uk.hardware.info
Abstract: Consumers have more choice than ever when it comes to two-disk NAS devices. Prices are all over the place, and the features range from very basic to impressively advanced and comprehensive. Hardware.Info tested 24 different NAS devices in different pric...
The StorCenter could still provide greater ease of use for home users who don't have a lot of experience with network storage systems. However, the sheer range of features built into the StorCenter ensures that it will appeal to more knowledgeable users...
Published: 2012-07-14, Author: Frank , review by: uk.hardware.info
Are you an avid user of Facebook, Flickr or Youtube? Then the Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a very nice NAS device with its Active Folders that create a direct link to those social media. The Personal Cloud feature is also very useful. The StorCenter ix2 is ...
Installation is painless, Software is solid and versatile, Interface is intuitive, Allows Bluetooth connection via a dongle (not supplied), Fast enough to stream HD around a wired network
It runs noisily, It professes support for IP Cameras although it failed to find an active IP camera, No manual IP-address entry
Abstract: Iomegas StorCenter ix2 is a two-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB, and connects to your local network by Gigabit Ethernet. Its no surprise, given that Iomega is owned by EMC, that much of the emphasis h...
