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Reviews: External Hard Drives
CMS Products 1TB Velocity2 Series Backup System
Drive size (GB): 1000 • Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0 • Speed (RPM): 7200 • Buffer Size (MB): 16 • Cost per Gigabyte: $0.53 • Price When Reviewed: $533
CMS Velocity2 (Front)
CMS Velocity2 (Front)
78.4 Good
Last updated
November 07, 2007
Test Center
Pros
  • Large capacity
  • Speedy performer
Cons
  • Very expensive
Pricing: Very Expensive: $533 (11/7/2007)
Performance: Superior: 100
Features: Good: 73
Design: Very Good: 82
Pricing
Very Expensive: $533  
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.53
Performance
Superior: 100  
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested External SATA-300 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 137.2 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 99.61 
External Read - Files and Folders 59.65 
External Read - Large File 39.29 
External Write - Files and Folders 70.89 
External Write - Large File 39.43 
Features
Good: 73  
Basics
Drive size (GB) 1000 
Supported Interface(s) External SATA-300, USB 2.0 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Buffer Size (MB) 16 
Other
Installation Kit Hardware USB cable, eSATA cable 
Bundled Software BounceBack Professional 
Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 11 
Saturday Support Hours
Sunday Support Hours
Toll-Free Support No 
Design
Very Good: 82  

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