LenovoEMC (Formerly Iomega) Rolls Out Next Gen LifeLine OS

LenovoEMC Limited announced the next generation of its LifeLine OS for its Iomega-branded network storage solutions.

LifeLine 4.0, available as a free-of-charge download for owners of StorCenter ix and px series network storage products, includes new and improved enterprise computing and security features for easy and efficient storing, sharing and protecting of data for organizations and work groups of all sizes.

LenovoEMC-branded network storage devices with LifeLine 4.0 are expected to debut in May.

"LenovoEMC LifeLine 4.0 improves upon our previous version of LifeLine, bringing advanced computing options and capabilities to our network storage products that organizations of all sizes can benefit from," said Eric Arcese, president and GM, LenovoEMC. "Businesses today need rock solid, dependable, affordable and innovative network storage, and this new version of LifeLine brings those attributes together with an intuitive menu of choices that can be tailored to the needs of any organization. Existing and new customers will benefit from the latest technology embedded in the new version of LifeLine."

New Features and Updated Capabilities of LifeLine 4.0

Snapshots

Point in time of a backup of a storage volumes
Snapshot can be taken while the storage device is actively writing
Restore to the source volume and reverting the source volume to its former state at the time
Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) provider

SSD Caching (Cache Pools)

Pool of SSDs designed to automatically increase read and write speeds
Automatically caches frequently read and written files on fast SSD storage array
Available RAID data protection on SSD cache pool

IVX (Integrated Virtualization Technology)

Run multiple VMs on the Iomega px12-300r and px12-450r rackmount arrays
VMs can be running Linux or Windows and can have their own private virtualized hardware, such as network cards, drives, and graphics adapters
For lightweight Windows Services or dedicated Linux Web Server

NFS v4

Improved security and manageability in networks
Windows Single Sign-On authentication to storage resources

Active Directory Hybrid Authentication

Local authentication mode if remote DC is not available

Active Directory HA

Connect to multiple Domain Controllers (DCs), access secondary DC if primary is offline

iSCSI Security

Mutual CHAP authentication provides secure connection

4TB HDDs

Highest capacity server class HDDs available (px series products only)

Twonky Media Server version 7

DLNA / UPnP compliant media server
Twonky Media Beam from mobile devices

Increased emphasis on network security features
designed to protect data

LifeLine 4.0 emphasizes importance of utilizing included security features when making data accessible on the Internet, so that only those folders (and files) intended for sharing are accessible online

LenovoEMC Network Storage Devices
LenovoEMC offers its customers a line of desktop and rackmount network storage devices. Its network storage devices range in capacity from diskless up to 48TB of storage capacity. The StorCenter ix series and high performance px series of network storage desktop devices includes single-, double-, quad- and six-bay models, available in diskless versions, partially populated and fully populated models. Rackmount network storage arrays in the px series feature six-bay and 12-bay models that are also available in diskless, partially populated and fully populated versions, utilizing consumer HDDs or Server Class SATA HDDs (depending on the model). Users also have the ability to add their own HDDs to LenovoEMC network storage products.

Availability
LifeLine 4.0 is available as a free download for owners of existing Iomega ix and px series of network storage products. LenovoEMC-branded network storage devices with LifeLine 4.0 are expected to debut worldwide in May.