But, from what I've seen...they have done a complete change over. None of the executive staff or management is the same. None of the customer policies are the same. I knew someone personally who used to manage one of their call centers a few years ago and it drove her nuts that they'd err'd too far to the side of the customer.
You may think they haven't changed, but you haven't given them a 2nd chance...so you wouldn't know.
Many small businesses don't have a technical person onsite...let alone an IT person. They're figuring this all out themselves. A total solution in a box.
The IDE version released at the same time as the USB version. Almost all new BIOSs will boot USB...I think they are trying to look forward. The disks are smaller than the size of a stack of playing cards and an autoloader is planned.
This just looks very different from the use model I see for HD backup. It's a small/medium business IT solution...tons cheaper then tape systems with random read/write access allowing individual file restore. I see the atapi for $349 on CDW...it's just not as bad as everyone seems to want it to be.
Though it may be a niche market, I think Iomega may have something here. And speed wise...25mb/sec isn't a transfer rate to balk at imo
I think you're missing some of the benefits though.
UDF file system = bootability
You aren't going to offsite archive hard drives. It just doesn't make sense. A stack of HDs sititng in a safe? Really?
From what I've read several things will set it apart.
The first and foremost is the UDF file system...which makes it bootable in all BIOSs that support CD/DVD bootability. That's a very nice recovery tool in my mind.
A few others are the portability/speed/reliability/random read-write access that you will see with this drive and not with any tape drive I've seen.
I see this product as a very viable IT solution for my company. I love the idea of restoring a single file and not having to sequentially find it.
Iomega has offerred free tech support with an 800 number for years, I'm not sure how long ago your experience was, but I think it's not sensible to hold that sort of history against them. I've never had a problem getting the support I needed.
I've also recently used their site to download drivers and I thought it was quick and easy to use.
So...maybe bad history, but where's the problem now?
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Those compression numbers could be very real. It all depends on the data set.
But, from what I've seen...they have done a complete change over. None of the executive staff or management is the same. None of the customer policies are the same. I knew someone personally who used to manage one of their call centers a few years ago and it drove her nuts that they'd err'd too far to the side of the customer.
You may think they haven't changed, but you haven't given them a 2nd chance...so you wouldn't know.
Many small businesses don't have a technical person onsite...let alone an IT person. They're figuring this all out themselves. A total solution in a box.
ding ding ding... we have a winner.
That is true. The read/write heads are inside the drive making the cartridge sturdier.
The IDE version released at the same time as the USB version. Almost all new BIOSs will boot USB...I think they are trying to look forward. The disks are smaller than the size of a stack of playing cards and an autoloader is planned.
This just looks very different from the use model I see for HD backup. It's a small/medium business IT solution...tons cheaper then tape systems with random read/write access allowing individual file restore. I see the atapi for $349 on CDW...it's just not as bad as everyone seems to want it to be.
Though it may be a niche market, I think Iomega may have something here. And speed wise...25mb/sec isn't a transfer rate to balk at imo
I think you're missing some of the benefits though. UDF file system = bootability You aren't going to offsite archive hard drives. It just doesn't make sense. A stack of HDs sititng in a safe? Really?
From what I've read several things will set it apart. The first and foremost is the UDF file system...which makes it bootable in all BIOSs that support CD/DVD bootability. That's a very nice recovery tool in my mind. A few others are the portability/speed/reliability/random read-write access that you will see with this drive and not with any tape drive I've seen. I see this product as a very viable IT solution for my company. I love the idea of restoring a single file and not having to sequentially find it.
The imeage of a safe full of hard drives makes me laugh. That's just not a feasible option for backup and archive.
Iomega has offerred free tech support with an 800 number for years, I'm not sure how long ago your experience was, but I think it's not sensible to hold that sort of history against them. I've never had a problem getting the support I needed. I've also recently used their site to download drivers and I thought it was quick and easy to use. So...maybe bad history, but where's the problem now?
DLT doesn't offer bootability or random read/write access. Not to mention...you won't see anywhere near the 25mb/sec transfer rates.