One Response for "Iomega launches new Home Network Drives"

1. Super Jamie

   August 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

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   http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/08/iomega_launches_affordable_320.html

   It seems these things share via Samba, unlike earlier Iomega network drives which needed a (Windows-only) client app installed. This is a good step forward, I hope more manufacturers make drives like this, previous smb-only drive housings have been prohibitively expensive for home use.

   Whilst this is quite affordable, only AU$50 or AU$60 more than a 500Gb drive itself costs, I wonder how well it cools the drive? 500Gbs are known for running substantially hotter than lesser capacity drives.

   I’d be inclined to stick with an Antec MX-1 and Netgear NSLU2. It might cost a bit more, but you’re not going to be slowly cooking your data into oblivion.

   (Plus, you can run Linux on the NSLU2 and use it as a router, but that’s another story…)