Overview

The Iomega® StorCenter™ px4-300d Network Storage is a high performance business class desktop device, ideal for small-to medium sized businesses and distributed enterprise locations like branch and remote offices, for content sharing and data protection. Powered by EMC® storage technology and with up to 12TB of storage capacity, including a diskless option, the StorCenter px4-300d device is easy to setup and manage, and affordable to own. The StorCenter px4-300d provides cross-platform file sharing and simultaneous iSCSI block access. High performance I/O is achieved through dual GbE connections with port bonding and link aggregation capabilities. The Iomega Personal Cloud technology offers unparalleled simplicity and versatility for data protection and access. Business users will appreciate the robust data protection features such as multiple RAID levels with hot swap drives, UPS support, print serving, user quotas, device-to-device data replication and certification for most virtualization environments. The easy-to-use interface provides no-hassle management. Active Directory support and remote access round out the comprehensive business features. The StorCenter px4-300d also embeds the Axis® Video Hosting System solution and can support up to 10 Axis IP security cameras for video surveillance applications. RSA® BSAFE® encryption for protected installs and upgrades along with support for PC, Mac® and Linux® clients.

Features:

• Capacity—0 – 12TB. 4 x SATA HDD bays. Empty bays are fitted with a drive carrier. Carrier can accommodate 2.5” and 3.5” drives. Drives are available from Iomega or may be purchased from the approved vendor list.
• SSD Support—For IO intensive applications, the px4-300d can be fitted with solid state drives to boost performance.
• RAID Support—RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 5+1 (hot spare), all with automatic RAID rebuild and hot swap. JBOD mode also available.
• Network File Protocols Supported—CIFS/SMB/Rally (Microsoft), NFS (Linux/UNIX), AFP/Bonjour (Apple), FTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Windows DFS, SNMP.
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with high performance embedded architecture.
• 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. Includes support for SCSI-3 persistent reservations
• High-Performance:
  • Solid state drives (optional)
  • Dual core Intel Atom Processor
  • 2GB memory
  • Dual GbE NICs
• Flexible Configurations:
  • Diskless option, bring your own drives
  • Storage pools with RAID expansion, migration and hot spares
  • Advanced RAID levels including Hot Spare
• Server-class Pedigree—Certified for VMware® vSphere, Citrix® XenServer™, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2. EMC E-Lab tested
• Business-Class Features—Windows Active Directory Trusted Domains, MSCS and Hyper-V Live Migration support
• Built-in Iomega Cloud Technology—Centralize, share and protect your data from anywhere
• Advanced Networking Capabilities:
  • NIC bonding for failover and load balancing including 802.3ad link aggregation.
  • Jumbo frame support for 4000 and 9000 byte payloads.
  • VLAN Tagging capability to IEEE 802.1Q standard.
  • iSCSI persistent reservations for clustered Microsoft environments.
• Data Replication/Device to Device Data Copy Jobs:
  • One touch copying via the QuikTransfer button. Easily copy files to and from attached USB drives or any network share - including Iomega 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.
• Expandability—Add storage capacity by connecting external USB hard disk drives. Supports read/ write on Fat32, NTFS, ext2/ext3, 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 Iomega StorCenter system, 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 a StorCenter from the web, via HTTP or HTTPS for added security.
• Power Savings—Automatic hard drive spin-down assures the most efficient (minimal) power consumption.
• Print Server—Intelligent print sharing capability for up to 3 USB printers connected to the StorCenter px4-300d.
• 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.
• 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 StorCenter px4-300d.
• Security Camera— Built in support for up to 10 UPnP (universal plug and play) network cameras by Axis and Panasonic to capture and store video without the need of a dedicated PC. Video is encoded as MPEG-4.
  • Embedded Axis Video Hosting System solution (AVHS) for local to hosted cloud video storage and management.
• Powerful Backup Functionality:
  • Backup all the computers on your network simply by downloading and installing the available client backup software. Also compatible with today's most common backup software applications
  • Time Machine® Support— Allows Apple® users to easily backup any Mac computers running OS X (10.5 or later) using Time Machine.
  • Personal Cloud Backup— Synchronize data between personal cloud member systems and the px4-300d.
  • 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 px4-300d to your public cloud account.
  • Cloud Disaster Recovery— Utilize two px4-300d devices in different locations and the Iomega Personal Cloud function to create your own disaster recovery scheme.
• Total Data Protection:
  • 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 setting maximum limits per user
  • RSA® BSAFE® technology protects installs and upgrades.
  • Data Protection Software— Iomega's QuikProtect™ backup software is available for download.
• Software Compatibility—Compatible with today’s most common backup software, web browsers, media devices and computers
• Three year limited warranty with product registration within 90 days of purchase

Other Features:

• Built in Audio Video Media Server - UPnP™ DLNA Certified®:
  • Stream content to media devices
  • Built in iTunes™ server
• Social Media Sharing:—Integrated Facebook, Flickr and YouTube sharing
• Torrent Download Manager— Integrated peer-to-peer file transfer management
• Digital Photography Tools—Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP): automatic transfer of photos from digital cameras via the USB port. Plus photo resize and watermark capability.
• Bluetooth® Upload— Upload contacts, photos, and more from a cell phone, pocket PC or BlackBerry phone (Bluetooth USB adapter required, sold separately).

Iomega Personal Cloud

Iomega® Personal Cloud is the revolutionary technology that allows you to protect and share your data. Iomega Personal Cloud is a patent-pending, web-based computing architecture that connects your Iomega StorCenter™ network storage devices to other individuals and/or devices via the Internet. Unlike public and private cloud applications, Iomega’s Personal Cloud technology is completely self-owned – so the content and accessibility is always under your control.

• Backup: Keeping a second copy of your data in an offsite location ensures availability in the event of an unforeseen disaster. Remote backups can run in the background after business hours to eliminate network bottlenecks.
• Copy Data: Users around the globe can sync files directly between computers as though they were on a local network.
• Collaboration: Easily set up a shared workspace so that local and remote users can view and edit documents (spreadsheets, presentations, and word processing documents, for example) – especially useful for helping geographically dispersed workers collaborate.
• Sharing: Sending large files can quickly choke your company's email system. And e-mailing sensitive files can raise security concerns. Iomega Personal Cloud offers functionality that makes it easy to securely copy and transfer large or confidential files.
• Security: Iomega Personal Cloud allows you to choose who has access to what data by invitation only. And, users can choose from three levels of security when sending data over a public network. At many smaller companies, locally stored files are at risk from theft, fire, software problems, and hardware failure. Cloud storage offers built in redundancy at every level: hard drive, server, and datacenter.
• Low Maintenance: Once the system is set up there is almost no maintenance. You still have to manage user accounts, but jobs like array maintenance and monitoring the health of your data storage simply go away.
• Archiving: Archiving older files to a remote StorCenter frees up space on your primary StorCenter device for day-to-day business needs. Less capacity required for primary storage saves you money.

Certifications

The Iomega® StorCenter™ px4-300d Network Storage has received the following certifications:

• Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, and 2008 R2 including Microsoft® Cluster Server and Hyper-V Live Migration
• VMware® VSphere ESX4 iSCSI and NAS, XenServer™ 5.5, 5.6 (w/ MPIO), iSCSI & NFS.

What You Get

• Iomega® StorCenter px4-300d Network Storage
• Ethernet Cable
• Power Supply
• Printed Quick Install Guide
• Solution CD
  • StorCenter Manager software
  • User Help Documentation
• Service & Support: Three year limited warranty with product registration within 90 days of purchase.

Tech Specs

Specifications

Desktop form factor

Intel Atom Dual Core CPU at 1.8GHz with 2GB RAM

4 x 3.5" Hot swap SATA-II Hard Disk Drives - 7200 RPM if purchased with the px4-300d

RAID Levels: RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 5+1 (hot spare)

2 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps (GbE) Ethernet ports. LAN standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u

1 x USB 3.0 and 2 x USB 2.0 ports (to connect external HDD, printers, UPS, Bluetooth dongle)

iSCSI LUNs - up to 256 LUNs

Client computers for file system access—Windows PC, Mac OS, Linux

AC Voltage 100-240 VAC

Acoustic noise - 31 dBA maxiumum

User interface localized for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Swedish, Polish.

Operating System

EMC LifeLine™ - A fully-developed Linux operating environment and suite of applications

Physical Dimensions

Width: 6.94 in (176mm)

Length: 10.125 in (257mm)

Height: 8.75 in (222mm)

Weight: 14.47 lbs (6.56 kg) with HDDs

System Requirements

PC Users:

• Pentium ® 300Mhz processor or higher
• Must meet minimum RAM requirements for your operating system
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 or newer
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0, Firefox® 3.x
• CD or DVD drive to install software
• Available 10/100/1000 Mbps network Ethernet port (required)
• DHCP-configured network (recommended)

Mac® Users:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• Apple Safari 3.0 browser or higher
• CD or DVD drive to install software
• Must meet minimum RAM requirements for your operating system
• Available 10/100/1000 Mbps network Ethernet port (required)
• DHCP-configured network (recommended)

Linux Users:

• Supported Linux distributions: Redhat Enterprise 4-6, Ubuntu 7.10 - 10.10, OpenSUSE 10.3 - 11.3
• Network adapter 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• DHCP-configured Network (recommended)

Personal Cloud and Remote Access Requirements:

• Internet connection
• Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) compatible router or administrative rights to port forward
• Recommended minimum sustained connection speeds for a good Personal Cloud experience
  • Download: 2.5 Mbit/s
  • Updload: 500Kbit/s
  
  

For more information see the StorCenter Support page.

Note: All specifications are subject to change without notice and may change depending upon your computer’s performance and specifications.

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