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Introduction
The
old adage that you can never have too much storage
capacity still holds true but as the PC has advanced
and evolved in ways that could never have been expected
even a few short years ago, so it's not just amounts
of storage but also the types of storage that become
important.
There's a seemingly endless passion for all types
of storage at the moment with USB Flash drives appearing
from all manner of manufacturers and CD-RWs now almost
as common as the humble CD-ROM. The notion of being
able to transport your data with you anywhere you
go is an attractive one but in reality there just
isn't a lot of choice for those who need large scale
(80GB plus), easily rewritable storage that's also
fast enough to be viable, easily portable and can
be increased in capacity at will.
The
idea of external storage devices isn't a new one as
owners of Iomega's Zip and Jazz drives will tell you,
what stunted the development of high performance external
storage was the total absence of any high speed pathways
to get the data in and out. Now we have USB2.0 and
FireWire things look set to change and with sustained
transfer rates of 34 to 40 MB/Sec the idea of high
data throughput external devices of all kinds is becoming
reality.
Today
I want to look at an external hard drive from Maxtor.
The 5000DV we're looking at today is a 120GB, 7200RPM
hard drive that comes ready to run through either
USB2.0, IEEE1394 (FireWire) or USB1.1 interfaces all
packed neatly in a stylish housing to keep it safe.
Unlike its bigger brothers the 160GB and 200GB both
of which feature an 8MB cache, the 120GB features
a more mainstream 2MB.
Let's
take a waft over the specs first:
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- Hard
drive: 3.5 inch ATA with Ultra ATA 133
interface
- RPM:
7200
- Cache
buffer: 2MB for 120GB; 8MB for 160GB and
200GB
- Interface:
IEEE 1394, i.LINK, and SBP-2 compliant,
USB 2.0 and 1.1 compliant
- Average
seek time: 9.4 ms
- Sustained
transfer rate (maximum):
-USB2 - 34 MB/sec
-FireWire - 40 MB/sec
- Bus
transfer rate (maximum):
-USB2 - 480 Mb/sec
-FireWire - 400 Mb/sec
- Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 6 x 8 5/8 inches (41 x 152 x 219
mm)
- Weight:
2 lbs, 11 oz. (1.22 Kgrams)
- AC
input voltage: 100-240 VAC
- Input
frequency: 47-63 Hz AC
- Operating
temperature: 5° C to 40°C
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System
Requirements
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| Windows |
Macintosh |
| Pentium
II-class equivalent processor or later |
iMac®,
Power Macintosh® G3 (Blue and White),
or later model |
| Windows®
98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, or XP |
Mac
OS 9.1 or higher, or Mac OS X version
10.1.2 or higher, including Jaguar |
| CD-ROM
drive |
CD-ROM
drive |
| 32
MB RAM or more as required by Windows |
32
MB RAM or more as required by Mac OS |
| Available
FireWire/1394/i.LINK (OHCI-compliant)
or USB 1.1 or 2.0 port |
Available
FireWire/1394/i.LINK (OHCI-compliant)
or USB 1.1 or 2.0 port |
| Internet
connection (for system updates) |
Internet
connection (for system updates) |
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Package
Contents
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- Maxtor
Personal Storage 5000 external hard
drive
- USB
cable
- 6
pin to 6 pin FireWire/1394/i.LINK
cable
- External
AC power adapter
- Vertical
stand
- Installation
software
-Dantz Retrospect
Express
-Maxtor Personal
Storage drivers
- User's
Guide
- Quick
Start Install Guide
- Retrospect
User's Guide (on disk)
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Features
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- Versatile
add-on storage for editing/storing
videos and high-end graphic
files
- Maxtor
OneTouch™: the easy way
to make back-up copies of
your files
- Dantz®
Retrospect® Express software
included
- Flexible
Dual Interfaces:
-FireWire,
i.LINK, and 1394 compatible
-USB 2.0
& USB 1.1 compatible
- Powerful
Performance:
-Maxtor
award-winning 7200 RPM hard
drive technology
-Up to 480
Mb/sec data transfer rate
- USB 2.0
-Up to 400
Mb/sec data transfer rate
- FireWire
- Expandable
Storage:
-Connect
up to 62 FireWire devices
-Connect
up to 127 USB 2.0 devices
with USB hubs
- Stands
vertically or horizontally
- Hot
swappable
- Compact
design
- PC
and Mac compatible
Quick
and Easy Installation
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