CRN Network, October 210 2011, 1100 hrs
Iomega has announced compatibility for the Iomega StorCenter ix and px series of network storage products with Symantec Backup Exec 2010 as well as Hardware Compatibility Listing (HCL) status for compatible products.
"Iomega is demonstrating its commitment to small and medium businesses with compatible, reliable, and cost effective network storage for Symantec backup and recovery," said Jonathan Huberman, President, Iomega Corporation.
"It is important to Symantec to have the SMB storage providers qualified with Backup Exec. The Iomega partnership means that our customers have more choices for network storage targets in their backup deployments," said Amit Walia, Vice President, Product Management for Backup Exec, Symantec.
With HCL listing, Iomega StorCenter network storage products are identified as compatible disk targets for Backup Exec software. Iomega products can be connected to Backup Exec via CIFS or iSCSI protocols, and have been tested as Basic B2D (backup-to-disk) targets and validated with Symantec Granular Restore (GRT) technology. |