Iomega REV (2004 – 2010) | Museum of Obsolete Media (original) (raw)
REV was a removable hard disk data storage system introduced by Iomega in 2004 , replacing the Iomega Peerless system.
The small cartridges stored 35, 70, or 120 GB uncompressed (much more could be stored compressed) and were based on hard-drive technology with the cartridges containing the platter, spindle, and motor, while the drive heads and drive controller were contained within the drive. The drives themselves were available as internal or external models, or as a server model with a cartridge autoloader.
The drives suffered from poor reliability and high failure rates of both the disk mechanism and external power supply units. Faced with cheaper, smaller, higher capacity and more reliable USB 2.5-inch portable hard drives, REV was discontinued in 2010.