LenovoEMC yesterday, announced the next generation of the company’s LifeLine OS for Iomega-branded Network Storage devices. The new version, LifeLine 4.0 includes updated security and backup features and is expected to come pre-installed on devices beginning May 2013, although current StorCenter ix and px customers will be able to access a free upgrade via download starting next week.
A few new features of the LifeLine version 4.0 include:
- RAID data protection for the SSD pool
- iSCCI Security
- 4TB HDD for the px series
- Updated snapshot functionalities, including the ability to take snapshots whilst the device is actively writing.
To view more features of LifeLine 4.0, please reference the Lenovo press release here. For more information about the Iomega ix and px devices, please visit the site here.
