Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo DriveStation external hard drive USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Black vs Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB

4specifications compared
2differ
2identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

USB version
- DriveStation external hard drive USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Black:3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB:2.0
Product colour
- DriveStation external hard drive USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Black:Black
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB:Black, Silver

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Comparison of DriveStation, Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB
26 specifications	A Buffalo DriveStation external hard drive USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Black Model DriveStation View product	B Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfaces1 differ
USB versionDiffers	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)	2.0
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Silver
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-Home Storage Manager (PC/Mac). -Retrospect Express HD (PC). -Retrospect Express (Mac). -MozyHome Online Service (PC/Mac download).
Other featuresidentical
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 MHz
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000Mbps
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AC 110 - 240 V
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TCP/IP
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows 2000/2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional/ Vista, Mac OS X 10.3, Redhat 9, Mandrake 10, Debian 3.0, Gentoo, Knoppix, Fedora Core 3 / 4
Poweridentical
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	12 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 80%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	156 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	45 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	175 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	1.1 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source

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