Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom ToughDrive 500GB vs Iomega UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB

9specifications compared
7differ
2identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- ToughDrive 500GB:500 GB
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:4 TB
HDD speed
- ToughDrive 500GB:5400 RPM
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:7200 RPM
HDD size
- ToughDrive 500GB:2.5"
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:3.5"
Width
- ToughDrive 500GB:140 mm
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:128 mm
Depth
- ToughDrive 500GB:80 mm
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:200 mm
Height
- ToughDrive 500GB:19 mm
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:79 mm
Weight
- ToughDrive 500GB:175 g
- UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB:2.7 kg

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Comparison of ToughDrive 500GB, UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB
30 specifications	A Freecom ToughDrive 500GB View product	B Iomega UltraMax Plus Desktop Hard Drive 4.0TB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA II
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, JBOD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
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
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silver
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	140 mm	128 mm
DepthDiffers	80 mm	200 mm
HeightDiffers	19 mm	79 mm
WeightDiffers	175 g	2.7 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	EMC Retrospect, MozyHome Online
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium II 266 MHz / PowerPC G3
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Internet Explorer 5.0 + / Netscape 6.1 + / Safari 1.0 +
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000 Professional / 2003 Server / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Vista Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.5
FireWire cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
eSATA cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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