FeaturesDespite its small size and unassuming design, the two-bay Iomega StorCenter ix2 packs in business features as well as performance. You can buy models with a range of capacities (from diskless to 6TB); we looked at the two-disk 2TB version with RAID 1 mirroring, connected to a gigabit Ethernet network. If you're fitting drives yourself the front panel snaps on and off easily and you don't need tools to pop a disk out or snap the drive rails onto a SATA II disk. You can also plug in an external USB drive as extra storage รข€" or use the USB port to connect to a UPS that will shut down the StorCenter cleanly if you have a power failure.Setup is straightforward, as long as your internet connection allows port forwarding. If that's enabled, you just plug an Ethernet cable into the StorCenter and visit www.myiomega.com to connect to the NAS, download's Iomega's Storage Manager software and enable the 'personal cloud' forwarding that lets you access the NAS shares when you're outside the office. If port forwarding isn't available, you'll still see the links to download the software so you can create an account and access the StorCenter, through your browser or in Explorer on the desktop (Storage Manager automatically maps drives for the six default shares of backup, documents, movies, music, pictures, and shared media). You can set up the 'personal cloud' connection and invite users from within your company or at another business, although external access won't work unt
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