I-O Data's RHD2-U: up to 1TB of RAID disk

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 29th 2006 at 10:13AM

Another day -- another overnighted, 10 gigabytes of torrented data -- another external storage solution. The RHD2-U series is a departure from I-O Data's LANDISK NAS line-up. First off, this is not NAS, it's USB 2.0 attached and capable of delivering up to 1TB of disk via 2x 7200rpm hard drives tucked away in the enclosure. That opens up the possibility for RAID 0/1 if you really think those DivX flicks deserve the special treatment. It also features something called RHD (Relational HD), allowing the unit to host additional disks loaded up on I-O Data's cartridges. Hitting mid-December in Japan for ¥64,680 or about $556 for the full 1,000GB.

[Via Impress]

Filed under: Storage

Tags: external storage, ExternalStorage, i-o DAta, I-oData, rhd2-u, usb storage, UsbStorage

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CB @ Nov 29th 2006 10:30AM

One day we won't need to access data, those endless streams of 0's and 1's will be generated for us by some total probability device a unit so powerful we could instruct it to play a James Bond film in any resolution with any ending we like.
Why store when you could just generate on the fly?
Sory I'm an end-game sorta guy.

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MikeK @ Nov 29th 2006 10:33AM

Why would I want this vs. 2 WD MyBook 3's with Firewire 800 support? Even the cost issue is not on this things side.

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scott @ Nov 29th 2006 10:45AM

*laughs silently at CB*

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tiuk @ Nov 29th 2006 11:24AM

It's nice that a terabyte is now so affordable.

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Scooter @ Nov 29th 2006 9:45PM

It needs NAS (at 11n wifi rate) to interest me.

Nice colour - for something I would want to hide in a cupboard. Two discs and it has to be so HUGE?

I dispute that it is 'affordable'. If you are happy to DIY, Tokyo's Akihabara vendors (who also carry I-O Data devices) can sell you 4x 250GB drives (SATA-II, 7200rpm), plus some cables, housings, and a USB hub, for less than �40,000 ($340). True, that would lack RAID and yes, 500GB drives will end up costing you more, which may explain I-O Data's pricing here.

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