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The drives suffer from poor reliability and high failure rates of both the disk mechanism and power supply units (on the external versions). Faced with cheaper, smaller, higher capacity and more reliable USB 2.5" portable hard drives, the REV format was discontinued:
126:. The removable disks contained the platter, spindle, and motor, while the drive heads and drive controller are contained within the REV drive. The drives allow for data transfer rates of about 25 megabytes (MB) per second. 122:
The small removable disks store 35, 70, or 120 gigabytes (GB) and are hard-drive technology. Like a standard hard drive, the REV system uses a flying head to read and write data to a spinning
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http://web.archive.org/web/20040604143936/http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/review.php?reviewId=404
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https://www.storageforum.net/forum/threads/news-iomega-launches-90gb-removable-disk.3527/
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This product, especially the server model, was marketed as a replacement of
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appliance which features a built-in REV. The drives are compatible with
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interfaces, or an external server model which features a cartridge
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The REV was available as an external desktop model with
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and SCSI interface. Iomega also offered a 320 GB
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REV 35 GB removable disk with external USB reader
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hard disk
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SCSI
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SCSI
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autoloader
network-attached storage
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Jaz drive
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