May 15, 2012
Iomega, a division of EMC, has extended their network storage offerings by adding their new Iomega StorCenter px12-450r NAS. The high-performance NAS is based on the new quad-core Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 2.5 GHz processor. Iomega claims this is the first NAS to use the Intel Ivy Bridge CPU and chipset.
The StorCenter px12-450r uses a 12-bay, 2U rack-mount chassis. According to Iomega, the unit is designed “for advanced functions including dedupe, VDI, database and storage-based applications.” It ships with 8GB RAM and is expandable to 32GB RAM. It supports consumer-grade and server-grade SATA hard disks of up to 4GB capacity and will also support up to two 10GB Ethernet adapters. The unit is designed to support storage-based applications and Iomega is releasing a software development kit to assist software developers in the porting of applications to the system. One application currently supported is McAfee VSE anti-virus software, which ships with the system and includes a three-year license. Iomega says this is the first NAS in its class to include storage-based antivirus protection. VSE will be included with the entire StorCenter px product line starting in the third-quarter of 2012.
Like the rest of the px product line, the px12-450r can function as a private cloud. Iomega is also releasing apps for Android and Apple’s IOS to provide data access directly from smart phones and tablets.
Pricing for the px12-450r ranges from $7,499 to $13,000, depending on configuration.—Patrick H. Corrigan