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Reviews: External Hard Drives
SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive
Drive size (GB): 1000 • Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0 • Speed (RPM): 7200 • Cost per Gigabyte: $0.36 • Price When Reviewed: $360
SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive (Front)
SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive (Front)
84.2 Very Good
Last updated
November 07, 2007
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Pros
  • Hardware-enabled RAID
  • Well-designed chassis
Cons
  • Drives are not user-accessible
Pricing:
PC Connection $282.30
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J&R $239.99
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Pricing: Expensive: $360 (11/7/2007)
Performance: Superior: 95
Features: Very Good: 82
Design: Very Good: 86
Pricing
Expensive: $360  
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.36
Performance
Superior: 95  
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested External SATA-300 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 153.25 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 111.58 
External Read - Files and Folders 64.01 
External Read - Large File 43.97 
External Write - Files and Folders 68.69 
External Write - Large File 40.22 
Features
Very Good: 82  
Basics
Drive size (GB) 1000 
Supported Interface(s) External SATA-300, USB 2.0 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Other
Installation Kit Hardware USB cable 
Bundled Software Fabrik Ultimate Backup and Fabrik Local Backup 
Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years) Three 
Parts Warranty (years) Three 
Weekday Support Hours 11 
Saturday Support Hours 0 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Design
Very Good: 86  
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