which one is better(1TB ext-hdd)

[Bin]

Device Type Hard drive - external
Width 5.4 cm
Depth 13.7 cm
Height 16.6 cm
Weight 1.17 kg
Hard Drive
Capacity 1 TB
Interface Type IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / IEEE1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB / eSATA-300
Buffer Size 16 MB
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate 800Mbps(FireWire800)/400Mbps(FireWire)/480Mbps(Hi-Sp.USB)/3Gbps(eSATA)
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces 1 x Hi-Speed USB - mini-USB Type B
2 x IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) - 9 pin FireWire 800
1 x eSATA-300 - 7 pin external Serial ATA
Miscellaneous
Cables Included 1 x USB cable
1 x IEEE 1394b cable - FireWire 800 (9-to-9 pin)
1 x IEEE 1394 cable - FireWire 400 (9-to-6 pin)
Compliant Standards EPA Energy Star, RoHS
Package Type Retail
Power
Power Source Included AC adapter
Power Device Power adapter
Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50 - 60 Hz )
Software / System Requirements
Software Included WD Anywhere Backup
OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 or later
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature 35 °C

Specifications:


Interface:
- FireWire 800 (1394b)
- FireWire 400 (1394a)
- USB 2.0 (3-port USB hub)

Capacity: 1TB

Weight: 2.28 kg (5.02 lbs)

Dimensions:
- Length: 245 mm (9.63")
- Width: 122 mm (4.82")
- Height: 78 mm (3.07")

Transfer rates:
- USB 2.0—480 Mbits/s
- FireWire 400—400 Mbits/s
- FireWire 800—800Mbits/s

Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM

Memory Cache: Up to 8MB

Format: HFS+ (default)

Volume Configuration: RAID 0 (default)

What's in the Box?


Iomega UltraMax 1TB Hard Drive

Cables:
- FW400 (1394a)
- FW800 (1394b)
- USB

Power Supply

EU & UK Power Cord

Quick Installation Guide

Solution CD with Software (EMC Retrospect - PC & Mac)

System Requirements:
Mac


PowerPC G3 or higher computer with built-in USB or FireWire

Mac OS X, version 10.1 or above

Safari 1.0 or higher to view User's Manual

PC


300 MHz processor or higher

USB or FireWire controller

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher or Netscape 6.1 or higher to view User's Manual

the one above is 299Eur
the last one is 349Eur

which one will you choose

 

[JSchwage]

Do either of those allow you to easily remove the hard drive form the enclosure? If not, I'd recommend just buying an enclosure and buying your own hard drives to put in it. That way you can swap them out if you need more space or one dies.

 

[tersono]

Firstly, neither one is natively 1Tb as such - each housing contains two 500gb drives, which you can (if you're brave and/or really don't care about keeping your data safe *grin*) stripe to appear to your Mac as a single volume. The downside is that if _either_ drive fails, you lose ALL the data on both drives - you've effectively doubled your chances of losing data.

The best way of using these kinda devices is to set 'em up as a RAID mirror, giving you that extra level of security.

However, having said that, I'd go for the Iomega - it's a seriously well-built piece of kit, just don't stripe it for use as a single volume. ;-)

 

[Bin]

Do either of those allow you to easily remove the hard drive form the enclosure? If not, I'd recommend just buying an enclosure and buying your own hard drives to put in it. That way you can swap them out if you need more space or one dies.

thank you
any advice for enclosure with firewire 800?

 

[Bin]

Firstly, neither one is natively 1Tb as such - each housing contains two 500gb drives, which you can (if you're brave and/or really don't care about keeping your data safe *grin*) stripe to appear to your Mac as a single volume. The downside is that if _either_ drive fails, you lose ALL the data on both drives - you've effectively doubled your chances of losing data.

The best way of using these kinda devices is to set 'em up as a RAID mirror, giving you that extra level of security.

However, having said that, I'd go for the Iomega - it's a seriously well-built piece of kit, just don't stripe it for use as a single volume. ;-)

I changed my idea, and I am going to buy a 500GB ext-hdd. Maybe enclosure with hdd. thank u