I've owned two IODD drives, one a "Zalman VE300"-rebadged IODD 2531, and a IODD 2541. Both second hand when I had them.
After a few years of heavy use by me, the 2531's firmware corrupted. Reflashing using arcane prayers, legacy software flashing tool, and a physical Windows XP box got it back up and running. I gave it to a friend who still uses it.
With a 120GB cheap (no DRAM) SATA SSD, these things are fantastic.
I vaguely remember having some hassle initially formatting the drive for the ISOs once, but after that, it's worked flawlessly for so long I can't remember the details.
Despite both working solidly, I really want a Mini just because it would let me slim down my toolkit further.
After a few years of heavy use by me, the 2531's firmware corrupted. Reflashing using arcane prayers, legacy software flashing tool, and a physical Windows XP box got it back up and running. I gave it to a friend who still uses it.
With a 120GB cheap (no DRAM) SATA SSD, these things are fantastic.
I vaguely remember having some hassle initially formatting the drive for the ISOs once, but after that, it's worked flawlessly for so long I can't remember the details.
Despite both working solidly, I really want a Mini just because it would let me slim down my toolkit further.