Future: Backup with an Iomega 120GB REV drive?
Iomega has announced they will be releasing a 120GB REV drive. Currently the
largest one they offer has a capacity of 70GB according to the official site:
http://www.iomega.com/direct/main/target.jsp?family=rev
What is a REV drive?
A REV drive works similar to an old fashion floppy disk drive. There is the disk drive,
and then there are the REV disks (also known as
cartridges) onto which the data is stored. The
REV drive offers the speed (up to 35MB/second) and flexibility of a hard drive,
but with the removability of the tape based storage. Unlike tapes, the
cartridges are maintenance-free, and can be rewritten about a million times.
Apparently the yet-to-be released new model will work with REV disks of a 120GB
capacity, as well as the older disks for previous models. The REV drive comes
with backup and data recovery software, it also works with third-party software.
At the moment a 70GB drive costs $554.95, and 70GB disk costs $69.00.
Why REV drives?
When it comes to storing, reading, and editing data, the REV drives are
faster than high capacity tapes, and they have a much longer shelf life (about
30 years). Also, it is very easy to take the drives off-site. As the amount of
data in the world increases, the need for higher capacity storage increases.
Who could use a REV drive?
One of the main uses for these drives would for backing up and archiving of
large amounts of data.
The REV drives are aimed for the storage needs of small and medium-sized
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