Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Network Drive 1.5TB vs Verbatim MediaStation Pro

12specifications compared
8differ
4identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Network Drive 1.5TB:1.5 TB
- MediaStation Pro:500 GB
Product colour
- Network Drive 1.5TB:Black, Silver
- MediaStation Pro:Black
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Network Drive 1.5TB:10 - 35 °C
- MediaStation Pro:0 - 60 °C
Width
- Network Drive 1.5TB:211 mm
- MediaStation Pro:48 mm
Depth
- Network Drive 1.5TB:115 mm
- MediaStation Pro:210 mm
Height
- Network Drive 1.5TB:37 mm
- MediaStation Pro:150 mm
Weight
- Network Drive 1.5TB:750 g
- MediaStation Pro:1.15 kg

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Comparison of Network Drive 1.5TB, MediaStation Pro
35 specifications	A Freecom Network Drive 1.5TB View product	B Verbatim MediaStation Pro View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1.5 TB	500 GB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Silver	Black
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 35 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 50%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	211 mm	48 mm
DepthDiffers	115 mm	210 mm
HeightDiffers	37 mm	150 mm
WeightDiffers	750 g	1.15 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	Windows 2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 9.0 + Linux 2.4 +
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 V/3 A
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48 x 210 x 150 mm
Poweridentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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