Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo DriveStation™ HD-HXU3 vs Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB

7specifications compared
3differ
4identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- DriveStation™ HD-HXU3:1 TB
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB:2 TB
Product colour
- DriveStation™ HD-HXU3:Black
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB:Black, Silver

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Comparison of DriveStation™ HD-HXU3, Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB
22 specifications	A Buffalo DriveStation™ HD-HXU3 View product	B Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 2TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	2 TB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Silver
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	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 systemsDiffers	Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Vista (32/64-bit), XP Mac OS X 10.4	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
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	130 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source

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