Description

The Lenovo Iomega ix2 Network Storage, 2-bay is a compact and affordable desktop network storage that is perfect for small businesses, home offices or advanced home networks, offering content sharing, data protection and basic video surveillance capabilities.

Manufacturer product ID: IX2/4TB RED
Sub-category: Desktop
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Interface: Ethernet: RJ-45
Weight (Kg): 3.10
Warranty period: 36 Months

Key Features

Desktop, compact, form factor
2 x 3.5″ Easy-Swap SATA-II Hard Disk Drives
Marvell 6282 CPU at 1.6GHz with 256MB RAM
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1 (mirror), JBOD.
1 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps (GbE) Ethernet port

Centrally store and backup your digital files
The Lenovo Iomega ix2 Network Storage, 2-bay is a compact and affordable desktop network storage server that is perfect for small businesses, home offices or advanced home networks, offering content sharing, data protection and basic video surveillance capabilities.

Contains the WD Red HDDs with WDs NASware technology for improved efficiency, reliability and compatibility

Features
Capacity: Up to 6TB, 2 x HDD
Configurations: Diskless (ix2-dl, 0 HDD), partially Populated (1 x HDD) or Fully Populated (2 x HDD)
Drive Capacities and Type: 1TB, 2TB, 3TB (SATA II)
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1 (mirror), JBOD. Network File Protocols Supported: CIFS/SMB/Rally (Microsoft), NFS (Linux/UNIX), AFP/Bonjour (Apple), FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Windows DFS, SNMP.
Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Warranty: 3 year limited warranty

Ease of use:

Easy three step setup Simply plug into your router, power on, and download the integrated LenovoEMC Storage Manager software.

User friendly web-based management interface. Web Interface accessible in 16 supported languages.

Software Compatibility: Compatible with todays most common backup software, web browsers, media devices and computers

Simple Content Sharing:
Access files from any networked Windows, Apple or Linux computer for easy file sharing.
Easily share content with friends and family outside of your home using the exclusive LenovoEMC Personal Cloud feature. Invited guests will have access to read and write to files and folders on your network drive. No need to email file attachments.
File distribution made easy. Drop files into a designated distribution folder, and all of those on the distribution list automatically get an email with either the files attached, or a link to download the files.
LenovoEMC Link iOS & Android application: LenovoEMC Link gives you a direct link to your ix2 via your iOS or Android device. You have the ability to upload, download, browse and stream content on your network storage devices using LenovoEMC Link mobile app. (download app from iTunes or Android Market)
Built-in photo slide-show sharing feature easily select and share your digital pictures on the web
Powerful Backup & Restore Functionality
Time Machine Support: allows Apple users to easily backup any Mac computers running OS X (10.5 or later) using Time Machine.
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Backup: Synchronize data between personal cloud member systems and the ix2.
Public Cloud Backup: Use one of the integrated 3rd party cloud-based storage services such as Amazon S3 or MozyConnect to replicate data from your ix2 to your public cloud account.
Data Replication / Device to Device Copy Jobs Easily copy files to and from attached USB drives or any network share including LenovoEMC Personal Cloud locations using the rsync or CIFS protocol. Define your Copy Job to copy/synchronize files to and from connected drives and/or any other shared storage on your network.
Schedule jobs to run on a predetermined schedule.
Configuration Backup and Restore: allows you to back up and restore system configuration information. Backing up a configuration saves various system properties, including users, groups, device identification, and Share names and permissions.
Symantec Backup: Lenovo network storage products are identified as compatible disk targets for Backup Exec software.

Advanced Disk & Power Management
Power Savings: Automatic hard drive spin-down assure the most efficient (minimal) power consumption.
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Support: Enables unattended system shutdown via the USB port without data loss in the case of power failure.
System Status: Consolidated resource on space utilization, device information, and status. In addition, you can manage controls such as device restart from here.
SMART Hard Drive Monitor: Continually monitors and reports on the health of all drives in the ix2.
Reporting: Email alerts and Event Logging provide up-to-the-minute updates on the status of your device even when you are away from your computer. SNMP agent monitoring helps administrators centrally manage the ix2.

Video Surveillance
Downloadable Mindtree SecureMind VMS software.
One free camera license included, additional licenses available for purchase.
Built in support for up to 4 IP network cameras by Axis, Bosch, and Panasonic to capture and store video without the need of a dedicated PC Support for high-definition and configurable resolution and frame rate settings.
Downloadable Axis Video Hosting Solution (AVHS) for local to hosted cloud video storage and management.

Multimedia:
Built in Audio Video Media Server – UPnP DLNA Certified: provides the ability to stream photos, audio content and videos to a variety of media devices, such as game consoles (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation3), audio bridges, iTunes players, picture frames and more.
Create shared iTunes libraries to provide a central location for your music.
Social Media Sharing made easy: Convenient folders that automatically integrate with your social media accounts. Multiple accounts are no problem just create another folder for each account.
Facebook: Files dropped into your Facebook folder are automatically uploaded to your Facebook page.
Flickr: Files dropped into your Flickr folder are automatically added to the designated Flickr photo album.
YouTube: Videos dropped into your YouTube folder are automatically uploaded to your YouTube channel.
Torrent Download Manager: the ix2 manages peer-to-peer file transfers without the need of a dedicated PC.
Digital Photography Tools:
Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP): No touch, automatic transfer of photos from digital cameras via the USB port.
Photo resize: Automatically resize photos to a specified resolution.
Watermark: Automatically add a watermark of your choosing to photos as they are re-sized.

Advanced Business Features
Active Directory Support: Functions as a client member in an Active Directory domain allowing the ix2 to utilize the domain users and groups.
iSCSI target: Provides block-level access for the most efficient storage utilization, especially for backup, database and email application performance. It can be used in parallel with file-level storage access via CIFS/NFS.
Expandability: Add storage capacity by connecting external USB hard disk drives. Supports read/ write on Fat32, NTFS, ext2 / ext3 / ext4, or HFS+ formatted drives.
Application Manager: Third party applications can be installed using the embedded application manager.
Data organization and access: Windows DFS organizes folders and files on a network, such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single LenovoEMCsystem, even if the folders reside on many devices in many different locations. WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) enables viewing, adding, or deleting files on an ix2 from the web, via HTTP or HTTPS for added security.
Native security support with robust username and password authorized access. Create additional users and secure their content with password protection.
User Quotas: Easily manage capacity by set