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Ximeta NetDisk 80GB September 9th, 2003 | by Ian Bell

Testing:

In our tests the NetDisk performed admirably using the 100Mbps Ethernet interface. Because of the limitations of the Ethernet interface the NetDisk capped out at 11MB/sec in our read tests. Ximeta has said that a Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps) version will be created if the demand arises, however most small networks are still running at 100Mbps Ethernet anyways, so we are not concerned about this at this point in time. The overall Ethernet speed is not different than any other computer connected on your network. In our Sisoftware Sandra and Winbench 99 2.0 test, the Ximeta NetDisk trailed slightly behind the Maxtor 5000DV in all of our tests. For complete results and graphs, please click on the performance link above and below this review.

System Configurations:

Windows XP Pro; AMD Athlon 1700+; Abit AT7 Max 2 motherboard; 512MB DDR SDRAM 333MHz; Leadtek Geforce 4 MX video adapter.