Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 vs Freecom Network Drive 250GB

23specifications compared
10differ
13identical
7known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:400 GB
- Network Drive 250GB:250 GB
Interface
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:Serial ATA II
- Network Drive 250GB:Serial ATA
Storage drive average seek time
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:8.9 ms
- Network Drive 250GB:9 ms
Width
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:150 mm
- Network Drive 250GB:211 mm
Depth
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:180 mm
- Network Drive 250GB:115 mm
Height
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:50 mm
- Network Drive 250GB:37 mm
Weight
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:1.4 kg
- Network Drive 250GB:750 g
Average latency
- Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:4.17 ms
- Network Drive 250GB:4.2 ms

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Comparison of Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800, Network Drive 250GB
30 specifications	A Freecom Hard Drive PRO 400GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 View product	B Freecom Network Drive 250GB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	400 GB	250 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive average seek timeDiffers	8.9 ms	9 ms
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 800Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Silver	Silver
LED indicators	Yes	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 80 °C	-20 - 80 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	150 mm	211 mm
DepthDiffers	180 mm	115 mm
HeightDiffers	50 mm	37 mm
WeightDiffers	1.4 kg	750 g
Other features3 differ
Average latencyDiffers	4.17 ms	4.2 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	50000 h	50000 h
Minimum RAMDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
Minimum processor	Pentium III 700MHz	Pentium III 700MHz
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Fast Ethernet
Track to track seek time	0.8 ms	0.8 ms
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000/XP Mac OS X 10.1	Windows 2000/XP
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Freecom Software Media Suite	Unknown — not stated by the source

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