Review: The Iomega StorCenter px2-300d NAS Drive Is Heavy Iron For The Small Office

Short Version While there is plenty to be said for cloud storage, sometimes it’s nice to have a few terabytes on your local network for backups, document storage, and fun. That said, the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d NAS drive performs all of the functions of a small NAS admirably and, with a bit of tweaking, can become a very usable system for remote access of your files on the road. Features: Multi-protocol support Secure accounts Front LCD screen Full Linux server built-in MSRP: Diskless $499, 2TB $699 (Product Page) Pros: Intuitive interface Easy set up Built-in antivirus Cons: A little daunting for beginners Cloud connectivity is difficult to finagle Some features are hard to use It’s hard out there for a NAS. You get no respect, you’re ignored most of the time, and people dump files onto you without using your whole feature set. Luckily, NAS devices are getting easier and easier to use and new devices like the StorCenter px2-300d are actually more like mini computers than dumb hard drives on the network. The $699 2TB model I tested can be used in two ways. If you’re in a hurry you can easily drop the drive on your network and begin copying files to it. It supports Time Machine backups as well as a number of backup solutions including Atmos, Avamar, and a scripted copy job system that will grab files at certain intervals. DLNA support ensures that your drive pops up on media devices around the house and you can even use the drive as a DVR by connecting webcams to the Axis or Securemind Surveillance systems. Once you really dig into the drive, however, beginning users will be stymied. Remote file access, for example, requires a quick trip to your router’s port forwarding settings, a visit that could turn many users off. The company offers an app called Storage Manager to connect to distant drives and if you’re comfortable with port forwarding it works quite well. If you’re less than comfortable, however, you may want to stick with Pogoplug-compatible devices like Buffalo’s CloudStor solutions. To be clear, Iomega makes it very simple to set up cloud access but it’s just wonky enough that beginning users may not enjoy it. Once you get past those configuration problems, however, the drive is smooth sailing. IT managers will enjoy the built-in anti-virus scanning as well as the system status data that

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