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Post subject: Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r Review
 Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 07:07 PM CST
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RAID support is limited to 0, 5 and 10 and a small part, 10GB, of each drive is used for the operating system. As you'd expect, the drives are hot-swappable and are housed in tight fitting caddies. We had some difficulty extracting the left-most disk as it seemed to catch on the side of the unit. It's not a big deal but could be a little annoying if you're looking to swap a drive out of the array in a hurry.
Performance was excellent. File transfers to and from the array, configured as a RAID, were snappy. We copied a 350MB video file to the NAS 200r and played it simultaneously on two machines and then pulled a drive out of the array during playback. As far as we could tell, no frames were dropped and the array suffered no ill effects.
What's missing? In a perfect world, we'd like a NAS pitched at larger offices to have some further, built-in redundancy. Dual network interfaces would be nice as would a second power supply. However, such features are available in higher-end units.
The Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r is a competent NAS. While unspectacular in some ways it sets out to deliver a storage solution for offices that have moved on from desktop units and have standard racks for their servers and other network gear.
Read the entire review:
http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=2428 |
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