Earlier in the year, Powerfile released its Archive Facilitator appliance, which takes data and archives it on the vendor's other appliances, the A3 and PSA series, which store data on 50-Gbyte Blu-ray media. The Archive Facilitator, like Powerfile's other appliances, is sold as a turnkey unit with all hardware and software included. A basic box, licensed to migrate about 25 Tbytes to 50 Tbytes of storage to the A3 or PSA boxes, costs about $40,000.
Also announced today was Iomega Corp. (NYSE: IOM)'s StorCenter ix2, a storage appliance rolled out by the EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) unit for the home and small office market that promises ease of use, high-end features, and large capacity at entry-level prices. Offering 1 TB for $330 and 2 TB for $480, the two-drive NAS box includes support for Active Directory and Bluetooth, and has the ability to work with security camera systems, display pictures, and videos on a big-screen TV. It also includes security from RSA, another EMC company. It uses EMC's LifeLine software, a Linux operating environment and suite of storage management applications.
Touted as a streaming media hub for the home as well as a secure and easy-to-manage system for small businesses, the company says a user can set up and configure the storage appliance with four mouse clicks. It is compatible with Windows, the MAC OS, and Linux. Data is stored on two SATA-II drives.
"With 75 percent of all data being created by individuals, we wanted to bring all of the advanced storage technologies available within the EMC family into a single device," Iomega president Jonathan Huberman told ByteandSwitch. "This can be a primary system for the home user or a small business, or for larger businesses like an insurance company that have thousands of small offices that look like small businesses."
Also announced today, Carbonite Inc. upgraded its online backup services for consumers and small businesses with an easier interface that lets customers search for and restore files by name, file type, and date. It also said it has improved performance for user's initial scan and backup upload.
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