* 12.2 MB/sec sustained transfer rate, 20 MB/sec synchronous transfer
Con:
* Lack of native ORB utilities
* No official support policy for Linux
In the Driver’s Seat: The ORB drive offers a viable alternative to Iomega.
ORB Offerings
Internal Drives Available
*IDE
*SCSI
External Drives Available
*SCSI
*Parallel
*USB
Warranty
*All drives come with a one-year limited warranty
Removable storage is a concept that seems to have fallen by the wayside as CD-Recordable units and media have hit rock bottom prices. However, there are still a significant number of PC and Mac users, especially within the multimedia, entertainment, publishing, and Web-design disciplines that need higher-density removable storage media with significantly higher performance than what CD-Recordable technologies offer.
Unfortunately, the removable storage industry has become something of a one-horse town. While Iomega’s drives are without question the closest thing to an industry standard for high-density removable media, the drives themselves have not improved significantly…
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