Iomega launches 320GB eSATA drive

by Ryan Block, posted Aug 26th 2006 at 10:07AM

Just a warning that peeps looking out for eSATA (external serial ATA) gear shouldn't have to wait too terribly much longer -- you know it's hitting critical mass when Iomega starts launching retail gear sporting the interface. Their new 320GB eSATA drive even comes bundled with an eSATA PCI card as well as Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 interfaces, should the eSATA thing not actually be your bag (or the machine you're temporarily using not have eSATA). It'll cost you $239, but at least you can get it precisely now, availability pending.

[Via The Reg]

Filed under: Peripherals, Storage

Tags: esata, external drive, ExternalDrive, iomega, sata

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legodude @ Aug 26th 2006 12:00PM

PCI is 133MB/s.

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Paulmichael @ Aug 26th 2006 12:06PM

I'm guessing (hoping) they just slipped on the 1 key.

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par @ Aug 26th 2006 12:19PM

eSATA is 187.5MBps while PCI is 133MBps? Thats not so bad is it? Most hard disks can't do more than 40 MBps anyway.

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gary @ Aug 26th 2006 12:52PM

Why wait at all? Just get an e-sata enclosure (sold by newegg, for example).

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Rusty @ Aug 26th 2006 12:52PM

Good thing they didn't call it a ZIP drive ;)

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Cary Gordon @ Aug 26th 2006 1:03PM

Nowhere in the specs or in the article does it state that this device supports Firewire of any kind. Both sites compare eSATA to Firewire.

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Rob @ Aug 26th 2006 1:09PM

So is eSATA much faster than Firewire 800?

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Rob @ Aug 26th 2006 1:11PM

Never mind, I read the link...

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Alex @ Aug 26th 2006 4:34PM

Re gary - that's what I did about 2 weeks ago. 7200 RPM Hitachi HDD, 250GB, + nice eSATA/USB2 enclosure w/user replaceable fan, for ~$125. No PCI card, but it runs ridiculously cool.

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sparkinator2tuf @ Aug 26th 2006 6:56PM

Got a Calvary esata/usb2 300GB drive from newegg a month ago for $120. Works great with my SA8300.

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Super Cockroach @ Aug 26th 2006 9:54PM

On top of that, Pci would be far less than that - poor overheads etc... But as a fallback, its ok.

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Navstar @ Aug 27th 2006 12:37AM

Snazzy case. To bad it's ruined by the letters "Iomega".

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Robert Andrews @ Sep 1st 2006 12:26PM

Wrong!! The PCI Bus runs a Frequency of 33Mhz. Transfer Rates are up to 264 MBps and not 133Mbps heres the link, i knew there would be someone all over this haha. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci.htm

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Mike @ Sep 6th 2006 10:46PM

While it is 133mpbs, keep in mind that is shared throughout the whole PCI bus. That means all the PCI expansion cards are competing for bandwith.

See: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci.htm

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