Dave, Yes the rive has movable heads just like a HDD. They are just not in the cartridge. Which would make me think the platters would be susceptible to dust as there has to be a door that opens and closes for the heads to get the the platter.
This is from Iomega's QnA page. What does Iomega mean by "a removable hard disk"? What makes the Iomega REV drive revolutionary is the way in which Iomega engineered the hard disk to be removable. Iomega, the world-leader in removable portable storage, developed this technology to ingeniously separate the 2.5" hard disk platter and spindle motor from the rest of the regular hard drive components. The disk and motor are housed in a rugged, removable hard plastic cartridge, leaving the disk heads and electronics - the most expensive and delicate components - in the drive section. This makes the drive and disk system very cost-effective, as many of the components do not need to be duplicated to add capacity to the system, and also makes the "disks" very durable. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Riddle > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: backup software for small network > > > Have you looked at the new REV drives from Iomega? > > http://www.iomega.com/na/products/family-save.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efold > er_id=16006169&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=63191&bmUID=1096664186068 > > I just order four of the USB drives along with 4-pak media > bundles for some > of our clients earlier today. > > Fast than tape, low cost, comes with bundled backup software (or > treat like > a HDD), 30 year shelf life on the media and no moveable heads to > crash like > a HDD. > > At 01:31 PM 10/1/2004, you wrote: > >Dantz Retrospect > > > >Personally I prefer a portable HD and a desktop shortcut to a batch > >file whose core is > > > >xcopy [drive]:*.* /s /e /c /r /y /d > > > >Keep a second portable HD and take it home every day (or whenever) for > >offsite backups (or just carry the same one home every day if you're > >strapped for $). > > > >Once per week write a different batch file that flushes the HD and > >makes a fresh copy, since deleted files will remain on the backup > >(which isn't necessarily bad). > > > >And never again worry about which incremental file set has your > >current data on it. And just copy files when you need them. > > > >Once I ran a 10-stn network off a portable HD when a supposedly > >fault-tolerant RAIDed server died in toto. Didn't run *well* but they > >didn't have to send employees home, either. > > > >I do this with a couple of 250gb Maxtor One-Touch HD's, myself (don't > >install the 1T software). Good riddance to tapes. > > > >-- > >--Matt Robertson-- > >MSB Designs, Inc. > >mysecretbase.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
