Backing up data is something we all know that must be done, but very
seldom get onto actually doing it. Taking a real life situation, this
is something that happened to a very close colleague of mine. It was
Sunday night and he was finalizing his presentation to win a million
dollar project for his company. Things were going smoothly and when
he was about to print everything his PC crashed with no reason at
all. (Windows normally doesn't need any reason to crash now does it?
) Thinking it's a normal software glitch he rebooted the system, only
to find out the FAT32 partition of his hard drive completely corrupted.
I know as a fact that there are countless number of people who have
gone through this nightmare at some point.
So what's the most simple thing we all forget to do? Backup of course.
Having the right hardware and backing up your data is something we
all must take very seriously and do it at every instance possible.
Since most average hard drive size today range from 20GB - 80GB it's
no longer feasible to have a mere 250MB backup tape drive. This is
where Onstream
Data come into the picture. Incorporated in 1998 Onstream data's
product lineup is no doubt one of the most successful backup tape
drive products in the market. So far we have looked at two of their
highly sort after drives, the ADR2
60GB Digital Tape Drive and the ECHO
30 USB Storage Drive. The great highlight of Onstream Data's products
is that they're able to provide highly reliable and effective back-up
devices at a far less price than its competition.
Today we look at one of their newest additions, the ADR2 60GB USB
External Tape Drive, which will no doubt prove to be a great hit in
the server as well as home user markets. Firstly let us take a look
at the specifications of the drive.
Specifications
OnStream 60USB Digital Drive Specifications
General Characteristics
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Cartridge
Compatibility*
ADR2.60C
ADR2.60C
ADR2.60C
ADR2.60C
Interface
IDE
USB2.0
Wide, Ultra2
Compatible SCSI-3 LVD/SE
Wide, Ultra2
Compatible SCSI-3 LVD/SE
Configuration
internal
external
internal
external
Tape
Width
0.315in
/ 8mm
0.315in
/ 8mm
0.315in
/ 8mm
0.315in
/ 8mm
Number
of Tracks
384
384
384
384
Performance
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Compressed
Capacity (2:1)
60GB
60GB
60GB
60GB
Transfer
Rate (native)
up to 2.5
MB/s
or 9 GB/hr
up to 2.5
MB/s
or 9 GB/hr
up to 4
MB/s
or 14.4 GB/hr
up to 4
MB/s
or 14.4 GB/hr
Transfer
Rate (with software controlled datacompression)
up to 5
MB/s
up to 5
MB/s
up to 8
MB/s
up to 8
MB/s
Read/Write
Speed
11 ips
to 56 ips continuously variable
11 ips
to 56 ips continuously variable
16 ips
to 88 ips continuously variable
16 ips
to 88 ips continuously variable
Search
Speed
75 ips
75 ips
90 ips
90 ips
Data
Reliability
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Bit
Error Rate
1 in 1019
1 in 1019
1 in 1019
1 in 1019
Drive
MTBF
400,000
hours
400,000
hours
400,000
hours
400,000
hours
Warranty
2 years
2 years
3 years
3 years
Physical
Specifications
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Dimensions:
millimeters
(H
x W x L )
inches
41 x 147
x 180
1.6 x 5.8 x 7.1
73 x 208
x 292
2.88 x 8.19 x 11.5
41 x 147
x 229
1.6 x 5.8 x 9.1
73 x 208
x 292
2.88 x 8.19 x 11.5
Weight:
kilograms
pounds
0.8 kg
1.77 lbs
2.6 kg
6 lbs
0.8 kg
1.77 lbs
2.6 kg
6 lbs
Power Requirements
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Voltage
DC 5V +/-
5%
DC 12V +/-10%
AC 100-240V
DC 5V +/-
5%
DC 12V +/-10%
AC 100-240V
Power
Consumption
12 watts
nominal
23 watts
nominal
12 watts
nominal
23 watts
nominal
Environmental
ADR2.60ide
ADR2.60usb
ADR2.60Si
ADR2.60Se
Operating
Temperature
10 degrees
to 40 degrees celsius
50 degrees to 104 degrees fahrenheit
Operating
Relative Humidity
20% to
80% non-condensing
Agency
Certifications
FCC Class
B, UL, CSA, CE
All information and specifications are subject
to change at anytime without notice.
The capacity, backup speed and transfer rate will vary with file
and system configuration.
* ADR cartridges sold separately
