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IOMEGA INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION OF NAS

Iomega Corporation, a global leader in reliable data storage, has introduced a new generation of Iomega network attached storage (NAS) servers. The new Iomega NAS P800m and P850m servers, powered by Microsoft Windows and available on April 28, deliver up to 1.4 terabytes of easy-to-manage storage capacity, giving network administrators enterprise-level features and data security that is priced for the corporate departmental and workgroup storage budget.

"Critical data has to be available data, and the new Iomega NAS 800 series is designed with hardware redundancy to keep data flowing 24 hours a day," said Werner Heid, president and CEO, Iomega Corporation. "We're excited that we were able to achieve that goal at a lower cost, directly targeting the fastest growing segment of the network storage solution market and bringing enterprise-level performance to midrange NAS customers."

Designed for the growing storage needs of small and medium-sized businesses, Iomega's new NAS P800m and P850m servers excel in adding storage capacity to existing networks and in consolidating data from across the network. In vertical markets such as education, health care, government, and professional services, customers can use the Iomega NAS 800 series to support their data-intensive applications, improve their backup and archiving practices, and lower their network support costs.

A Windows-Powered Solution

The Iomega NAS P800m and P850m servers come standard with key Microsoft Windows 2000 technologies for ease of management:

• Distributed file system service (DFS), for seamlessly linking additional Iomega NAS servers to the network;
• Active Directory services (ADS), for managing users, servers and policies;
• Persistent Storage Manager (PSM), for creating space-efficient snapshots of network data and recovering lost, damaged, or accidentally deleted files.
• File Replication service (FRS), for replicating system policies and login scripts among Windows 2000 servers;
• Storage Resource Manager (SRM), for allocating storage, filtering files, and reporting on file usage, providing intelligent information on how the storage is being used with two levels of policy.

"Iomega has created a robust hardware platform in the P800m and P850m NAS servers, and the Windows Powered operating system is optimized to deliver the full potential of that hardware," said Zane Adam, director of Product Management and Marketing of the Enterprise Storage Division at Microsoft Corporation. "Businesses can benefit from the high data availability that the Windows Powered P800m and P850m NAS servers deliver. With seamless Windows 2000 network integration, these new Iomega NAS products offer a powerful combination of easy manageability and superior performance at a low total cost of ownership."

Wayne Arvidson, director of marketing, network storage solutions, Iomega Corporation, said, "Iomega designed the P800m and P850m to reduce the workload of network managers and provide a viable platform for businesses that need to maximize their IT resources. On a price-performance basis, the new 800 series is an outstanding value for corporate departments, enterprise workgroups, and vertical markets such as education, health care, and government."

Enterprise-Level Performance, Priced For Departments

Iomega's newest servers are now up to three times quicker than previous Iomega NAS servers, offering capacity and features for the fastest-growing segment of the NAS market: mid-range NAS servers. The new Iomega NAS P800m and P850m servers provide up to 1260 GB (gigabytes) of RAID 5 storage capacity (1440 GB total usable drive capacity) with virtually 100 percent uptime, thanks to hot-swappable power supplies, fans and drives.

The use of dual 2.4GHz Intel Xeon CPUs with Hyper-Threading technology means the NAS 800 series can handle more clients at a faster rate. Dual CPUs also enable the NAS 800 series to deliver software RAID with equivalent performance to hardware RAID at a fraction of the cost.

Providing an added performance boost are dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports and dual Fast Ethernet ports, with flexible configuration options. In addition, one GbE card in the P850m server is an Alacritech TCP/IP Offload Engine, reducing CPU load and bus load to improve performance by up to 20 percent. Because they are Microsoft Windows Powered, the P800m and P850m servers are also storage devices that network administrators know how to use. They are designed to integrate easily into Windows 2000 networks.

Key Features

• Dual 2.4GHz Intel Xeon CPUs with HyperThreading
• P800m: dual 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interfaces (Cu)
• P850m: one GbE interface and one GbE Alacritech TCP/IP Offload Engine
• 10/100 fast Ethernet interface
• NIC teaming
• Software RAID with equivalent performance to hardware RAID
• Eight hot-swappable ATA drives, 7200 RPM
• Usable capacity of 1440GB (P850m) or 960GB (P800m)
• Two redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
• Four hot-swappable fans
• Ultra 160 SCSI interface for tape backup
• Microsoft Windows Powered OS 2.01
• Web Based Iomega NAS Discovery Utility 3.0/+ management
• Iomega Automatic Backup software
• Kerberos 5.0 file security
• Persistent Storage Manager (PSM)
• Storage Resource Manager (SRM)

Technical Support & Warranty

The NAS P800m and P850m come standard with Iomega's NAS Gold Plus service plan. In addition to Iomega's standard service of phone, e-mail and award-winning Web support, the Gold Plus service plan offers 24x7 technical support, a three-year limited warranty and three-year next-business-day onsite service.

Availability

The Iomega NAS P800m has a suggested retail price of $12,499.00; the Iomega NAS P850m has a suggested retail price of $17,499.00. Both products will begin shipping April 28 worldwide. All prices are U.S. only.