Thursday, April 15, 2004
Iomega Debuts 35GB Backup Drive
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "HARDWARE" @ 02:00 AM
"Iomega is releasing this week a new all-around backup solution: It uses hard drive technology, but is packaged in removable cartridges so you can buy one drive yet swap media. The Iomega Rev 35GB/90GB drive is available in several configurations. The external USB drive lists for $400; the internal ATAPI drive goes for $380. Both come with a single, 35GB cartridge. Individual disks will cost $60, or $200 for a four-pack."
The Rev has a capacity of 35GB. The 90GB can be achieved, like in all backup solutions by doing compressed backup. On the other hand, if you are using this drive to back up your mp3s, oggs, etc, then the commpression backup will not get you any space benefit because the files are already compressed. One of the interesting things that this article points out is that hard drives are typically sealed so that dust particles don't get in and interfere with the drive platters and/or the drive head. Given that the drives themselves are hot-swappable here, like cartridges, they cannot be sealed and therefore they employ an interesting technique to keep the unit dust free on the inside.
From previous threads here on DMT, most people appear to back up their data by burning CDs, but this could be a good solution for rapidly changing data. Any thoughts?
The Rev has a capacity of 35GB. The 90GB can be achieved, like in all backup solutions by doing compressed backup. On the other hand, if you are using this drive to back up your mp3s, oggs, etc, then the commpression backup will not get you any space benefit because the files are already compressed. One of the interesting things that this article points out is that hard drives are typically sealed so that dust particles don't get in and interfere with the drive platters and/or the drive head. Given that the drives themselves are hot-swappable here, like cartridges, they cannot be sealed and therefore they employ an interesting technique to keep the unit dust free on the inside.
From previous threads here on DMT, most people appear to back up their data by burning CDs, but this could be a good solution for rapidly changing data. Any thoughts?
