Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Network Drive 1.5TB vs Iomega UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0

12specifications compared
7differ
5identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Network Drive 1.5TB:1.5 TB
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:1 TB
Product colour
- Network Drive 1.5TB:Black, Silver
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:Silver
Width
- Network Drive 1.5TB:211 mm
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:41 mm
Depth
- Network Drive 1.5TB:115 mm
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:2400 mm
Height
- Network Drive 1.5TB:37 mm
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:140 mm
Weight
- Network Drive 1.5TB:750 g
- UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0:1.14 kg

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Comparison of Network Drive 1.5TB, UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0
33 specifications	A Freecom Network Drive 1.5TB View product	B Iomega UltraMax Desktop HD 1.0TB eSATA/Firewire 800, 400/USB 2.0 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1.5 TB	1 TB
HDD sizeKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive average seek timeKnown for one	9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FireWire 800Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Silver	Silver
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	211 mm	41 mm
DepthDiffers	115 mm	2400 mm
HeightDiffers	37 mm	140 mm
WeightDiffers	750 g	1.14 kg
Other features1 differ
Average latencyKnown for one	4.2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	50000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	Pentium III 700MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	Fast Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	TCP/IP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	0.8 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista Mac OS X v. 10.3	Mac OS X 10.1 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Windows Vista
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Supported data transfer ratesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800, 480, 400 Mbit/s

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.

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