What You Need

PC Users :

• 1.5GHz Pentium processor or higher
• USB 2.0 connection
• 256MB RAM
• Drive only: Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Professional/Professional x64, 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server (SP4 or higher),Server 2003
• Retrospect Express for PC: Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Professional/Professional x64, 2000 Professional
• CD-ROM drive
• 1GB hard drive space required to install software depending on applications and options selected (excludes temporary cache)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.0 or higher Netscape® Navigator® 6.1 or higher (to view User's Manual and download Iomega Software.)

Mac Users :

• Drive only: Mac® OS 10.4 and higher
  
• Retrospect Express for Mac: Mac® OS 10.4 and higher
• USB 2.0 connection
• 256MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• 1GB hard drive space required to install software depending on applications and options selected (excludes temporary cache)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.0 or higher Netscape® Navigator® 6.1 or higher (to view User's Manual and download Iomega Software.)

Specifications

Drive attributes

 

Capacity:
• Native: 70GB*
  
• High compression w/included software: 140GB
  
• Usable data bytes: 70,001,433,7024
  

Interface/connection type:
• One (1) USB 2.0 connection on the back of the drive
  
• What is USB?
• Backward compatible with USB 1.1 connections.
  
• Note: The Iomega® REV® USB drive is not host powered. You must use in the included power supply.
  

Included Cable:
• One (1) 3ft (1m) standard USB cable.
  

Weight:
• Drive: 0.86 lbs. (.39 Kg)
  
• Disk: 2.58 ounces (73 grams)
  

Dimensions (L x W x H):
• Drive: 6.2 in x 4.4 in x 1.3 in
  
• Disk: 2.95 in x 3.03 in x 0.39 in
  

Configuration:
• Bytes per Sector: 2,048
  
• User Logical Sectors: 34,186,688
  
• Track Density (normal): 145,000 tracks/inch
  
• Linear Density (max): 812,000 bits/inch
  
• Areal Density (max): 117.74 Gigabits/square inch
  
• Number of Heads: 2
  
• Head Type: TUMR
  
• Number of Disks: 1
  
• Substrate Type: Smooth Glass disk
  
• Servo: Embedded
  
• Zones: 18
  
• Data Recording Method (coding): 48/50 Modified E²PRML
  

Power requirements:
• Power Supply: 5.0 +/- .25 V D.C., up to 1.2 amps continuous current
  

Performance

Seek time:
• Minimum (single track): 2.5 ms (read), 3.0 ms (write)
  
• Average: 12 ms (read), 13 ms (write)
  
• Maximum: 25 ms
  

Latency:
• 7.1 ms
  

Spindle Speed:
• 4200 rpm
  

Start Time:
• 22 sec (power on to ready)
  

Stop Time (including eject):
• 6 sec
  

Native Drive Transfer Rate (USB 2.0):

Note: Actual speeds may be limited by the bus type – for instance, the transfer rate of many USB 2.0 host controller chips do not exceed 15 MBytes/second.

• Burst (USB 2.0): 60 MB/sec
  
• Max. Data Transfer Rate (outer disk): 25 MB/sec
  
• Max. Data Transfer Rate (inner disk): 12.5 MB/sec
  

Reliability and Service

MTBF:
• 400,000 hours
  

Unrecoverable Data Error Rate:
• (projected) 1 error in 10^15 bits transferred
  

Cartridge Life:
• 2,000 insertion and removal cycles
  

Drive Life:
• 15,000 insertion and removal cycles
  

Drive Service Life:
• Approx. 5 years
  

Cartridge Shelf Life:
• >30 years
  

Typical Insertion Force:
• 1.5 kgf (3.3 lbf)
  

Operating conditions

Temperature:
• Ambient Operating Environment (non-condensing): 0 to 45 degrees C. (32 to 113 degrees F)
  
• Ambient Non-operating Environment: -40 to 65 degrees C. (-40 to 149 degrees F)
  
• Max Temperature Gradient: 12 degrees C. per hour (22 degress F. per hour)
  

Humidity:
• Ambient Operating Humidity (non-condensing): 8 to 90% R.H.
  
• Ambient Non-operating Humidity (non-condensing): 5 to 95% R.H.
  
• Max Wet Bulb Temperature - Operating: 29.0 degrees C. (84 degrees F.)
  
• Max Wet Bulb Temperature - Non-operating: 40.0 degrees C. (104 degrees F.)
  
• Electro Static Discharge: Up to 8KV air discharge, or 4KV contact
  

Vibration:
• Operating Reads/Writes: 0.4 g (zero to peak; 5-20 Hz) / 0.2 g (zero to peak; 20-300 Hz)
  
• Sequential Reads (internal unit): .5 g (zero to peak; 5-300 Hz)
  
• Non-operating Disk: 2.5 g (zero to peak; 5-500 Hz)
  
• Non-operating Drive: 1.3 g (zero to peak; 5-27 Hz) / 2.0 g (zero to peak; 27-60 Hz) / 2.5 g (zero to peak; 60-500 Hz)
  

Shock:
• Operating: 60 g (2 ms half sine)
  
• Non-operating Disk: 400 g (2 ms half sine)
  
• Non-operating Drive: 200 g (2 ms half sine)
  
• Typical Cartridge Drop (outside of case): up to 1.22 meters (48 inches) onto commercial grade carpet
  
• Cartridge Drop (inside of case): up to 1.52 meters (60 inches) onto hard floor
  

Altitude:
• Operating: -300 to 4,572 meters (15,000 feet)
  
• Non-operating: -300 to 12,192 meters (40,000 feet)
  

Power Characteristics

Drive Supply Voltage:
• 5.0 V
  

Seek (Peak):
• 1200mA current draw; 6W power consumption
  

Startup (Peak):
• 980mA current draw; 4.9W power consumption
  

Eject (Peak):
• 700mA current draw; 3.5W power consumption
  

Continuous Writes (RMS):
• 840mA current draw; 4.2W power consumption
  

Continuous Reads (RMS):
• 802mA current draw; 4W power consumption
  

Random Read-Writes (RMS):
• 855mA current draw; 4.3W power consumption
  

Idle (RMS) spin:
• 720mA current draw; 3.6W power consumption
  

Idle (RMS) no spin:

• 350mA current draw; 1.8W power consumption
  

Additional Features

• 70 GB user capacity per removable cartridge
  
• Hard Disk Drive like performance
  
• Data Buffering
  
• Burst transfer rate up to 100 MB/sec
  
• Media data transfer rates of 15 to 30 MB/sec (buffer to/from media)
  
• Automatic reallocation
  
• Electro-Mechanical head latch
  
• Head load/unload mechanism
  
• ID-less format
  
• Multi-zone recording
  
• Enhanced ECC
  
• 12 msec average seek
  
• Adaptive power save control
  
• Embedded servo control
  
• Logical block addressing
  
• MMC-4 Multi-media command set
  

*Product capacity is specified in gigabytes (GB), where 1GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes