Buffalo DriveStation Quattro™ TurboUSB 1TB vs iStorage SonicSTOR eSATA & USB 2.0 400GB

Comparison of DriveStation Quattro™ TurboUSB 1TB, SonicSTOR eSATA & USB 2.0 400GB

26 specifications	A Buffalo DriveStation Quattro™ TurboUSB 1TBView product	B iStorage SonicSTOR eSATA & USB 2.0 400GBView product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	400 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive average seek timeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	9 ms
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	16 MB
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
eSATA	Yes	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	38 mm
DepthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	198 mm
HeightKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	119 mm
WeightKnown for one	5.9 kg	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other features2 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	750000 h
Supported data transfer ratesDiffers	1.5 Gbps (eSATA), 480 Mbps (USB 2.0), 12 Mbps (USB 1.1)	700-800MB/min (USB 2.0), 1.5Gb/s (SATA), 3.0 Gb/s (SATA2)
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB cableKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista, WindowsXP, Windows2000	Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista & Mac OS 10.2 +
eSATA cableKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Disks included quantityKnown for one	4 pc(s)	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsKnown for one	AC100-240V 50/60 Hz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	165 x 203 x 240 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Black	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	40 W	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 35 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source

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