Read write speeds with benchmark tools were consistently high (16.5Mbps write, 16.8Mbps read) and real world tests matched that.Ĭopying files from the StorCenter to a PC with an SSD (so the NAS isn't waiting for the PC to catch up with reads, we saw speeds of 10-14Mbps, and writing files to the NAS was also fast at 4-7Mbps. The StorCenter ix isn't the fastest small office NAS, but it's high up the list. You can also make the StorCenter an iSCSI target if you want to use it as network storage for a server (it's certified for virtualisation with VMWare vSphere, Windows Server and XenServer). You can set up FTP, HTTPS, WebDav, Windows DFS and Bonjour as alternate network protocols or enable Active Directory integration and SNMP monitoring. You can also connect up to five IP cameras to the StorCenter, which lets you manage them in one place and set up basic video surveillance (for more sophisticated controls you can download extra video surveillance software). You can also mark a folder to automatically upload videos to YouTube or pictures to Facebook or Flickr (and if you plug a digital camera that supports PTP into the USB port, your images will be automatically copied from the camera into one of those active folders). (more on that later) I was doing some consolidation and cleaning of the computer room yesterday and I decided it was time to wipe some hard drives including the ix2 NAS. If you use Mozy, Amazon S3 or EMC's Atmos cloud services, you can set the StorCenter to back up to a cloud account. The second drive failed and it has been replaced with a Synology DiskStation DS212j with WD Red drives. You can also use it as a Time Machine backup for Macs.

Being able do that centrally means you don't have to rely on users setting up backups or saving files on the network, or to change all your processes to use the StorCenter instead of an existing file share. You can start using the storage space on the StorCenter by copying files, but to get the most from this system you'll want to configure some of the extra features.įor example, you can set up timed copies from other devices on your network to the StorCenter as automatic backups.

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