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Iomega Now Shipping Larger Capacity NAS P800m/P850m Servers

Iomega Corporation, a global leader in data storage, is now shipping a new generation of Iomega network attached storage (NAS) servers. The new Iomega NAS P800m and P850m servers, powered by Microsoft Windows, 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.

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.

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 where critical data has to be available data."

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.

Enterprise-Level Performance, Priced For Departments

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 2.4 GHz 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 a Fast Ethernet port, 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 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon CPUs with Hyper-Threading technology
• 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
• 3ware Escalade 7500-8 Parallel ATA RAID controller
• 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)

Steve Kenniston, technology analyst of the Enterprise Storage Group, said, "The requirements for storage capacity in the small to medium enterprise today are growing at an incredible rate. Issues around compliance are forcing IT administrators to keep information online longer. Deploying standard Windows servers is no longer a cost effective way to manage storage. Iomega's new Windows Powered NAS servers are designed to deliver the capacity and the dependability to successfully manage these growth rates."

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, where available.

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. (Pricing is U.S. only.) Both products are now shipping worldwide.