Specification Table by Vendor For High Density Removable Storage: High End Capacity Segment

(The Third Capacity Segment)

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Company: Iomega Jazz Drive Syquest Summatec
    Drives: SparQ SyJet Mobile Drive
   Capacity: 1.0GB 2.0GB 1.0GB 1.5GB 2-5 GB
       Cost: Drive $279-$299  $549-$649  $200-$249 $300
  • $149 internal docking station for desktop computers
  • $249 PC Card interface
  • $299 external drive station
Cartridge $80 $150 $33-$49 $150
  • 2GB: $299 
  • 3GB: $399 
  • 4GB: $499 
  • 5GB: $799
Type of Media: Winchester Winchester Winchester Winchester
Magneto-Optical
Compatibility: Jazz 1.0GB Jazz 1.0GB 
Jazz 2.0GB		 SparQ 1.0 GB only SyJet 1.5 GB only Interchangable with all MobileDrives
   Standard 
   Features:
  • Worldwide power supply (external)
  • Software  write-protection 
  • Auto termination
  • Auto switching power supply
  • Software write-protect option
     Ease of :  Use Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy
Installation Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy
       Buses: 

 

 SCSI External       
Internal         		 External         
Internal 		 External: PC & Mac External - PC & Mac
EIDE Internal: PC Internal - PC Internal - PC
Parallel External: PC External - PC
  • Parallel  Port
  • PC Card
USB External: PC & iMac
    Physical
Configuration:		 Cartridge 3.5" 3.5" 2.5"
Weight Drive: 2 lbs Drive: 2 lbs
  • Drive: 24 oz
  • Cartridge: 3oz
  • External Drive: < 24 oz
  • Internal Drive: 15 oz
  • Cartridge: < 3 oz 
    Platform PC 386 or higher  386 or higher
  • 486
  • pentium
  • 386
  • 486
  • Pentium
Mac Mac Mac
  • Mac
  • iMac
  • Macintosh SE30 or later
  • Macintosh compatible
   Operating
     System:
 
 

 

 DOS  DOS DOS DOS DOS
Macintosh Mac Mac Mac OS 8.1 or > Macintosh MacOS (EIDE)
Windows
  • 3.1
  • 95
  • 98
  • NT
  • 3.1
  • 95
  • 98
  • NT
  • 95
  • 98
  • NT
  • 3.1
  • 95
  • NT
  • 3.X
  • 95
  • 98 
  • NT 
UNIX UNIX
Novell Novell
  Warranty: What is covered
Length of Time
  • Drive: 1 year
  • Cartridge: 1 year
  • Drive: 1 year
  • Cartridge: 1 year
  • Drive: 1 year
  • Cartridge: 5 years
  • Drive: 1 year
  • Cartridge: 5 years
 2 years
Buffer/Cache: 256 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
   Software: Utilities
  • Format
  • Duplicate
  • EZ-Backup
  • Control
  • Mount
  • VISIT95
PC
  • EZRecover
  • EZ Backup
  • Write Protect
  • Format
  • Duplicate
  • Data Recover
  • Cartridge Mount
  • Cartridge Lock
  • Upgrade
  • Triazzle
  • ZipZap
  • Howdy
Mac
  • Data Recover
  • Initialize
  • Quick erase
  • Surface Scan
  • Upgrade
  • Marathon
  • Pathways
  • EZ Labels
  • Power Merge
  • Silverlining Lite
  • Virtual Disk Lite
Groundbreaking
   Technology?
  • Door seal reduces contamination
  • Remove/insert cartridge without power
  • Systematically cleans media
  • Drops into sleep mode when not in use
  • Door seal reduces contamination
  • Remove/insert cartridge without power
  • Head clean: Systematically cleans media
  • Idle Mode: drops into sleep mode when not in use
  • A/V Mode-faster read for audio and video playback
  • Microprocessor controlled 
  • Swappable 
  • Assures proper hard drive spin up and power down 
  • Hard drive will not eject during data transfers 
Reliability &
Maintenance		 MTTF 250,000 hours
Insertion/
Ejection		 20,000
Start/Stop Cycles 20,000
Non-recover.
Errors/Bits Read		 1 in 10^12 max
Preventive Maintenance
  • Keep cartridge clean
  • Doors closed
  • Store cartridge in cover
  Seek/Access 
      Times:		 Average 10 ms 10 ms 12 ms 12 ms 23 ms
Maximum 12 ms 12 ms 24 ms
Average Latency 5.55 ms
Rotational Speed 5400 rpms 5394 rpms 5,400 rpms
Spin Up/Down
      Times:		 Start Time 10 sec 10 sec
  • Min: 7 sec
  • Ave: 14 sec
  • Max: 17 sec
Stop Time 10 sec 10 sec
  • Ave: 9 sec
  • If no power: 30 sec
Data Transfer 
       Rates:		 SCSI: Async 5 MB/s
SCSI: Sync 10 MB/s
EIDE: Burst 16.6MB/s 16.6 MB/s 16.7 MB/s
Parallel: Burst 2.0 MB/s 2.0 MB/s
Parallel:Sustained 0.9 MB/s 1.25 MB/s
USB 12 Mbits/s
Sustained Read/Write Data Transfer Rates:
SCSI/EIDE		 Maximum 6.62 MB/s 8.7 MB/s 6.9MB/s 6.9MB/s
Minimum 3.41 MB/s 4.9 MB/s 3.7 MB/s 3.7 MB/s
Average 5.40 MB/s 7.4 MB/s 5.6 MB/s 2,199 KB/s
Target Customers:
  • Graphic Design / Publishing
  • Software Development
  • Entertainment Authoring
  • CAD/CAM
  • Graphic Design / Publishing
  • Software Development
  • Entertainment Authoring
  • CAD/CAM
  • Small/Home Offices
  • Business travelers
  • Families
  • Multimedia Gamers
  • Students
  • Web surfers
  • Presenters
  • Software programmers and writers
  • Profession musicians 
  • Audio mixers
  • Digital video editors
  • Graphic designers
  • Webmasters
  • Desktop publishers
  • Presenters
  • Gamers of all ages
  • All high-end users with need for fast speed and high capacity
Product Uses:
  • Multimedia Presentations
  • Backup
  • Data Transfer
  • Image Archiving
  • Multimedia Presentations
  • Backup
  • Data Transfer
  • Image Archiving
  • Video Clip Editing
  • Unlimited, inexpensive storage
  • Mobile show-stopping multimedia presentations
  • Digital Photo albums
  • Backup financial records
  • Internet downloads
  • High speed scanning of high-resolution graphic images
  • Multimedia games
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Desktop Publishing/Graphics
  • Internet 
  • Games
  • Shared computer environments
  • Multiple Os environments
  • Fast backup
  • Video 
  • Audio 
  • Replace hard disk 
  • Removable second hard disk 
  • Backup 
  • Big files and multimedia storage 
  • Entire environments