It uses Radialogic drivers. Some readers question if buyers can rely on upgrades or performance improvements with the ADS drive. PC World compares Orb and Jaz and others . An alternative to the Orb is a small FireWire drive. And they ship FREE overnight to all US cities.
Sustained Rate is displayed in the charts.
Peak rates can be impressive but do not reflect typical drive performance. Although you can choose various block sizes from 1K to 1024K, I chose to display the 1024K results. I set it to play all frames as fast as possible. Using a stopwatch, the playback is timed to the nearest tenth of a second.