Castlewood ORB 2.2GB SCSI INT REMOVABLE ( ORB2SI01A )

by Castlewood Systems

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• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006BAE0
• Item model number: ORB2SI01A
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,321 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast backups, easy to use, expensive disks, December 7, 2002

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Michael A. Kinsella (Wilsonville, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Castlewood ORB 2.2GB SCSI INT REMOVABLE ( ORB2SI01A ) (Electronics)

I have used this for over 2 years. Apart from one faulty disk, which was replaced foc. I have had no reliability issues at all.
The drive was easy to install. I have a 500 MHz AMD K6-2 system, with 2 SCSI and one IDE hard drive.
I am using an Adaptec AHA-2940W SCSI-2 PCI adapter
I get data transfer rates of about 7Mbyte/sec, according to the Adaptec SCSIbench utility. This compares with 3.5Mbyte/sec for an old CONNER CP30540 hard drive, and 9Mbyte/sec for a SEAGATE Barracuda SX19171.

The speed and size of the 2.2GByte disks facilitates the chore of doing backups. I also find it a useful way of transferring very large files between PCs that are not networked. These ORB drives are way better than burning CDs or ZIP drives if you have a lot of data, and they are way faster than tape backups.
My only gripe is that the price of the disks, at about $40 each, has not declined at anything like the rate of hard drives in the last 2 years. They also do not seem to be readily available in all stores.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, efficient backup system. Disks are a bit pricey., December 2, 2002

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Michael A. Kinsella (Wilsonville, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Castlewood ORB 2.2GB SCSI INT REMOVABLE ( ORB2SI01A ) (Electronics)

I have used this for over 2 years. Apart from one faulty disk, which was replaced foc. I have had no reliability issues at all.
The drive was easy to install. I have a 500 MHz AMD K6-2 system, with 2 SCSI and one IDE hard drive.
I am using an Adaptec AHA-2940W SCSI-2 PCI adapter
I get data transfer rates of about 7Mbyte/sec, according to the Adaptec SCSIbench utility. This compares with 3.5Mbyte/sec for an old CONNER CP30540 hard drive, and 9Mbyte/sec for a SEAGATE Barracuda SX19171.

The speed and size of the 2.2GByte disks facilitates the chore of doing backups. I also find it a useful way of transferring very large files between PCs that are not networked. These ORB drives are way better than burning CDs or ZIP drives if you have a lot of data, and they are way faster than tape backups.
My only gripe is that the price of the disks, ..., has not declined at anything like the rate of hard drives in the last 2 years. They also do not seem to be readily available in all stores.