The new Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive will allow users to back up their files as well as stream stored content to gaming consoles or PCs.
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President of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division of EMC, Jonathan Huberman said, “Iomega’s new Home Media Network Hard Drive is a powerful network storage device that’s so straightforward, even a novice can be backing up multiple computers and streaming media around their home in less than five minutes. The Home Media Network Drive does the serious work of backing up and protecting digital files, but it also streams photos and videos to game consoles, digital picture frames and networked TVs, as well as automatically feeding music into iTunes for easy playback – all for little more than the cost of a USB direct-attached desktop hard drive with comparable storage capacity.”
The new Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive operates EMC’s LifeLine Home software, a custom Linux operating system and application suite that can be set up in three easy steps: simply plug the Home Network Hard Drive into a router, power on, and install the software CD. A friendly user interface screen makes it easy to access files on all networked computers, as well as control which family members have access to certain folders.
The Home Media Network Hard Drive supports iTunes and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certified devices, which can save, store and stream digital content to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, as well as digital picture frames, networked TVs and any other compatible device on a home network.
The Home Media Network Hard Drive is a total network storage solution that provides data backup and protection with integrated award-winning EMC Retrospect Express backup software. During the set-up process, users choose files and folders for scheduled automatic backups from all the PCs and Macs on the network. After that, any changes or additions are updated and saved automatically.
Iomega will also offer users an online backup service to store important files. Called MozyHome, this online backup service provides 2GB of free online storage for backing up selected folders to world-class EMC data centres.
The Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 1TB, will be available in Australia in early May 2009 for $429.