Join for quick access. Enter your email below and we'll send confirmation plus sign you up to our newsletter.
By submitting your information, you confirm you are aged 16 or over,
have read our
Privacy Policy
and agree to the
Terms & Conditions. Geographical rules apply.
Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter
Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.
You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Join the club
Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.
An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
Iomega's REV Marks Leap Forward For External Drives
i845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)On-Board USB 2.0 (ICH4)On-Board FireWire
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network
3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS
Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600 SP1
Drivers & Settings
Graphics Driver
5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
IDE Driver
Intel INF Drivers 5.02.1003
DirectX-Version
9.0b
Resolution
1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz refresh
Test Software
xxcopy
Version 2.85.5a, Freeware
Other programs for measuring transfer rates and access times of optical drives have failed so far as well because they cannot cope with the REV's capacity. Since the CD/DVD benchmarks use "real" data, as opposed to low-level benchmarks, our results are not the final word: a different data set could produce different results.
Data Transfer Rate
We obtained the following results using the copying program xxcopy 2.85.5a. It generates a post-procedure report for determining the real transfer rates.
The maximum value of 24.5 MBps stated by Iomega is absolutely realistic in this regard and in view of the rotation speed of 4,200 rpm. We can say the same for the minimum transfer rate under ideal conditions: Here, Iomega promises approximately 12.7 MBps. The REV is absolutely suitable for real-time saving of big data streams (e.g., video).
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
