Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition

‘Cloud’ is the in-phrase for IT hardware marketeers these days and storage experts Iomega are not going to be left out with their Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition NAS. And according to their marketeers you can now have your very own ‘Personal Cloud’

Easily share content with friends and family outside of your home using the exclusive Iomega Personal Cloud feature. Invited guests will have access to read and write to files and folders on your network drive.

So you can now go global with your holiday snaps and videos of Junior’s birthday parties and according to Iomega your Personal Cloud is safe, secure, economical, convenient, easy to use and flexible. Of course it functions more than ably as a networked drive providing either 1TB or 2TB of storage depending on the model chosen. There’s also a couple of USB ports for other devices and a lock slot. Here are some other features on Iomega’s Cloud Network Drive

* Simple three step setup - Simply plug into your router, power on, and install the software CD
* Simple content sharing - Access files from any networked Windows, Apple or Linux computer for easy file sharing
* Powerful backup - 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.
* 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.
* 4.4 x 6.1 x 9.4 inches
* 3.5 pounds

Reviews

We managed to track down one review at Computer Shopper which rated the Iomega Home Media Network Drive at 8.1 with pros as speedy, ease of use whilst user management (part of that cloud access Iomega are so keen to promote) not the greatest thing in the world. Unfortunately the low scoring customer reviews on Amazon also mentioned issues around setup for external access with one user having to contact their ISP to help them out.

Having said that no-one was knocking the Iomega Home Media Network drive for its local NAS capabilties, so it should perform well if that’s what you’re after but of course you are paying extra for the ‘Cloud’.

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