Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive, Cloud Edition 1TB review

There’s also the ability to access your files from any web-connected computer. DynamicDNS is supported to help make configuring this easier, but you may still need to adjust your router’s settings. The remote access web interface resembles Windows Explorer, but sadly, files must be uploaded one at a time, which can become tedious.

There’s a separate Personal Cloud service that does much the same thing, but requires a file browser app to be installed on the remote computer first. One advantage it has over the remote access feature is that it can share files with remote users rather than just local users on the network with pre-existing user accounts.

Other extra features include an iTunes server, a USB printer server and the ability to share the contents of a USB disk, all of which worked flawlessly. There’s also the ability to backup photos from a connected camera, but only ones which support the PTP protocol – most cameras we review don’t. The Cloud Edition can also stream media to a UPnP network media player, which generally worked well. There were occasional dropped frames with HD videos but not enough to make it unwatchable.

There’s plenty to like about the Cloud Editon NAS, from its reasonably quick performance to its many extra features and easy configuration. Best of all, it’s affordable too at just 11p per gigabyte.