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Iomega has launched the REV Loader 280, a new desktop autoloader for small business backup and archive duties.

Utilising removable technology created by Iomega with standard hard disk drive components, the Iomega REV Loader 280 provides access to 280GB (560GB compressed) of storage, managing up to eight removable 35GB REV disks in a compact desktop form factor - only 17cm tall and 13cm wide.

This new autoloader design will cost approximately half as much as many competing automation tape products.

The REV Loader 280 connects to a server through a USB 2.0 interface, making it easy to use as a backup and archive device for computers on a network, and far easier and less expensive than traditional SCSI-based tape drives.

For small businesses that require professional grade backup with removable media, but desire a simple, hands-off solution, the desktop REV Loader 280 delivers automated, multi-disk data protection at a price similar to single tape drive solutions. Bundled with the REV Loader 280 is a license for CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows including support for disaster recovery.

Iomega’s REV Loader 280 delivers the speed and convenience of a hard disk drive with the advanced backup protection of removable media in an automated, ‘no-touch’ data protection solution. It is a backup kit in a box that includes everything a small business needs and delivers on the company’s REV vision of ‘capacity without limits and backup without worries.

The REV Loader quietly loads disks as required for continuous, automated data protection. Reliable operation is possible even in dusty or dirty conditions where tape-based backup technologies could fail. Password protection and encryption provide additional data security. The REV Loader 280 is also dramatically faster than tape-based automation devices, delivering up to 25MB/s data transfer rates with random access capability. It out-performs many tape alternatives such as DDS-4 and DAT-72 while costing as little as half as much, claims the company.

Iomega’s REV Loader 280 desktop autoloader is expected to be available worldwide in early April at a street price of £699. Iomega’s REV 35GB disks are now available for about £24.99.

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