The IoSafe Solo USB drive is a robust storage device that promises to protect precious data in the event of a fire or flood. It uses patented technology to surround the 3.5in Sata hard disk with both waterproof and fireproof barriers, as well as an innovative cooling mechanism.
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No good having to wire your PC up to this. What happens if you have precious data on lots of machines? It would be better if this level of survivability was built into a unit that lots of machines could network to, wirelessly.
I'd be prepared to pay much more than an extra £50 for this to be a mirrored pair, and the wifi would be a nice touch. I will happily pay a premium for those times when data needs to be saved, safely, to be safe.
There are times when you just cannot upload everything to cloud backup storage (filming on location with only GPRS available on phones, for instance), so you want as near-perfect safety as you can get and will happily pay for it, especially in a non-19" rack form-factor.
The ideal product for me will be quite pricey, but fireproof and waterproof, RAID1, as heavily ruggedised as one can do to a spinning lump of metal, and have a manufacturer ready to insure its data integrity upto say £20000 for upto 24hrs - long enough to get an offsite backup!
And, as AC@1604 said. You do your backup into it, and woe betide you, the drive inside dies. Because it's a Deathstar, no less!
Bet it will survive fire and floods, but not earthquakes even tiny ones that barely register on the Richter Scale.
And yeah, the other reviewers' point that it lacks RAID 1 and NAS capabilities. At the price it's being sold for, I'd rather have a NAS stored in a fireproof and waterproof safe (padded by sponge around it, so it's shock absorbant as well).
Flame. Because that's what happened to the Death Star in Star Wars.
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IoSafe Solo disaster-proof drive
The IoSafe Solo USB drive is a robust storage device that promises to protect precious data in the event of a fire or flood. It uses patented technology to surround the 3.5in Sata hard disk with both waterproof and fireproof barriers, as well as an innovative cooling mechanism. IoSafe Solo IoSafe's Solo: disc burning and soak …
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Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 10:17 GMT
Version 1.0
Should sell well in New Orleans... #
... not to mention Florida and most of the East Coast of the US. What's it like in a tornado?
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 10:17 GMT
Pete 2
Needs a wifi connection #
No good having to wire your PC up to this. What happens if you have precious data on lots of machines? It would be better if this level of survivability was built into a unit that lots of machines could network to, wirelessly.
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 10:17 GMT
Scott Mckenzie
So come on then... #
...when do we get part 2 where you explain leaving it an open fire for 9 days whilst using it as a stand for roasting chestnuts??
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 14:17 GMT
Ex-IT
Shirley... #
If heat is conducted out of the unit, wouldn't it also be conducted the other way in event of a fire?
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 14:17 GMT
Annihilator
Laurel and Hardy do hardware reviews! #
Or is it more reminiscent of Frank Spencer?
Epic!
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 14:17 GMT
Anonymous Coward
In app seriousness.. #
This really isn't a good test of the device, unless a control was also carried out by immersing a similar hard drive without the protective case, too.
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 16:11 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Data Safety? #
So where is the RAID 1?
Not much good if you make all your backups to a supposedly indestructible device and then the drive in the middle has a bad day and dies is it.
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 19:14 GMT
Karl Lattimer
let me know when #
the drop proof one arrives :P
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 19:14 GMT
The Original Steve
RAID and Wifi #
Whack on £50, throw in another drive in a RAID1 array and have a wireless option and we'll talk.
If it's worth the money to protect against fire or flood, then it's worth the money against shock and generic drive failures too.
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 19:14 GMT
Anonymous Coward
I want to see... #
a pic of the face of the PRbunny when you handed the thing back to 'em after a week down the well...
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 19:14 GMT
Slackness
Ha #
Considering the price of off-line storage with an SLA this FAIL.
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 22:59 GMT
Anonymous Bastard
So it's well-hard? #
(A pun on 'rad-hard')
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 22:59 GMT
Cliff
RAID and Wifi ftw #
I'd be prepared to pay much more than an extra £50 for this to be a mirrored pair, and the wifi would be a nice touch. I will happily pay a premium for those times when data needs to be saved, safely, to be safe.
There are times when you just cannot upload everything to cloud backup storage (filming on location with only GPRS available on phones, for instance), so you want as near-perfect safety as you can get and will happily pay for it, especially in a non-19" rack form-factor.
The ideal product for me will be quite pricey, but fireproof and waterproof, RAID1, as heavily ruggedised as one can do to a spinning lump of metal, and have a manufacturer ready to insure its data integrity upto say £20000 for upto 24hrs - long enough to get an offsite backup!
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 22:59 GMT
Unlimited
No Raid, No Network #
No purchase
Posted Friday 20th November 2009 08:43 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Solid exterior, but what about the disk itself? #
Seriously, Hitachi Deathstar?
And, as AC@1604 said. You do your backup into it, and woe betide you, the drive inside dies. Because it's a Deathstar, no less!
Bet it will survive fire and floods, but not earthquakes even tiny ones that barely register on the Richter Scale.
And yeah, the other reviewers' point that it lacks RAID 1 and NAS capabilities. At the price it's being sold for, I'd rather have a NAS stored in a fireproof and waterproof safe (padded by sponge around it, so it's shock absorbant as well).
Flame. Because that's what happened to the Death Star in Star Wars.
Posted Friday 20th November 2009 11:30 GMT
The Original Ash
Alternatively #
Two non-fireproof versions, with RAID1, in separate buildings, for the same price.
Posted Friday 20th November 2009 16:29 GMT
The First Dave
Report #
Come on - tell us why it stopped working as soon as it went into the well?
Posted Friday 20th November 2009 22:21 GMT
Remy Redert
re:Report #
I'm going to guess power supply failure in the unit as a result of short circuit. That water clearly wasn't clean enough.
And yeah, I'll just separate my data storage across several tall buildings. Much cheaper.
Posted Saturday 21st November 2009 01:08 GMT
tryforsure
Report #
Why did you have to disable the internal fan before dropping it in the well? is this a prerequisite on the eula?
high lands of where, the moon?
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