The ix2 NAS appliance, which is aimed at home and small-business network storage market, comes in 1TB and 2TB models.

Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division at EMC, said the ix2 allows users to enter a personalized Web address into any browser to securely download and upload files. Users can change the settings on the ix2, such as adding users and folders from any Web-enabled device.

The file-sharing service is free for the first year and US$9.95 for every year thereafter. Custom domain names, such as www.yourfamilyname.com, are also available for an additional charge.

"With the simplest setup process in the industry, the ix2 not only provides home and small-business network storage users with such important features as media serving, Bluetooth and video surveillance capabilities, now we've added remote access," Huberman said in a statement. "Users can connect to their files from anywhere in the world, as well as the new standard in peer-to-peer file sharing."

The upgraded ix2 NAS drives also allow for peer-to-peer file sharing that facilitates download management directly to the StorCenter ix2.