The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
The Iomega Storcenter Pro 150d is an appreciably large NAS server targeted for small- or home office use. Above-average performance and considerable storage space make this device a great solution for data archiving and backing up PCs in your office. The four built-in USB ports let you expand storage with additional USB hard drives or share a printer across the network (the drive has a built-in print server). For those who are not technically inclined, setup is straightforward and easy. At $800, the 1TB option is priced fairly when considering price versus performance and capacity. We recommend it if you're not tied to ultrahigh performance. If you're looking for media-serving capabilities, consider some home-oriented NAS drives such as the HP Media Vault MV2020 or the Buffalo TeraStation Home Server.
- Drive type: network-attached storage drive
- Capacities: 1TB, 2TB
- Capacity of test unit: 1TB
- Number of drives/bays: four drives, installed
- Max capacity: N/A
- Hot swap/cold swap: hot-swappable drive
- Drive speed: 7,200rpm
- Cache: 16MB per drive
- Dimension: 10.35x7.08x11.54 inches (HWD)
- Notable design features: none
- Connection options: Gigabit Ethernet
- Operating systems supported: MS Windows 2000/XP/XPx64/Vista; Mac OS X (10.3.9 or later); Linux (Red Hat 9, Mandrake 10, Debian 3.0, Gentoo, Fedora Core 3)
- Software included: Iomega Discovery Tool Pro, EMC Retrospect Express (includes two client licenses)
- RAID implementations: Software RAID 0 and 0+1; hardware RAID 5; JBOD
- Any additional features: Two front-mounted USB port and two rear-mounted USB ports for connecting hard drives or printer; built-in print server; TCP/IP; Network File Protocols include FTP, Microsoft CIFS/SMB, Linux/UNIX NFS, and Apple AFP; Network and File Security include ACLs, Kerberos v5.0, and Microsoft AD/NT Domain Controller
- Service/support: Two-year standard warranty (up to three-years with $179 extended service plan); 24-7 toll-free phone support while under warranty (after warranty expires, toll-free phone support is available on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. MT); site offers driver/software downloads, live chat with tech support, live user forums, software how-to videos, and FAQs.
