Other features of the StorCenter include support for media servers (including UPnP, DLNA, and iTunes), a print server, and a security camera. This is the first time we've seen a NAS drive that supports both read and write to NTFS external hard drives most support only read access, some don't even offer support at all. To our pleasant surprise, the NAS supports read and write access to external hard drives formatted in either FAT32 or NTFS format. The USB 2.0 ports of the StorCenter let you extend the storage capacity by connecting an external hard drive. Bluetooth access is on way there was no way for the phone to get anything from the NAS server. We were able to send images from different cell phones directly into the NAS server and they were immediately available to other network users. We tried it with a Kensington USB Micro Bluetooth adapter, and it worked the moment we plugged it into the NAS server. It doesn't come built-in, but rather via a USB adapter that you'll need to insert into one of the StorCenter's USB ports. On the other hand, the StorCenter ix2 includes a feature that we've never seen before on a NAS drives: Bluetooth support. Iomega says it might add this feature later via a firmware update. The StorCenter ix2 supplies many popular NAS features save one: remote access via the Web.

Other than the content of My Documents and Desktop folders, you can't choose to back up any other folders on the hard drive unless you choose to back the entire hard drive altogether. The software, though easy to use, is very limited.

The StorCenter ix2 comes with EMC Retrospect Express HD backup software.

Storcenter ix2 software