ioSafe has announced the availability of its new disaster-proof external hard drive, the ioSafe Solo. Available in capacities up to 1.5TB, the Solo can withstand fire at temperatures up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit and remain submerged in water at depths up to 10 feet for 3 days.
ioSafe Inc., the technology solution vendor in disaster-proof hardware technologies and devices, introduced the ioSafe Solo, the world's first 1.5TB external hard drive with integrated ioSafe disaster protection technologies. Optimized to be a low cost external hard drive backup solution and improve the risks associated with data loss, the ioSafe Solo was introduced last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The fireproof and waterproof device capabilities were tested and compared versus unprotected hard drives and gathered extensive glowing reviews from attendees. During the demonstration, the pros and cons of disaster proof external hard drives versus non-disaster protected hard drives such as the Seagate FreeAgent or Western Digital My Book were compared.
Starting at $149, the ioSafe Solo has improved and optimized its external hard drive technology to be an exceptional value versus non-protected external hard drives. Previously a supplier of enterprise NAS appliance solutions, the ioSafe's Solo expands the solution to consumers and businesses everywhere. The ioSafe external hard drive sets a new benchmark when compared against other external hard drive solutions. With up to 1.5TB of capacity, the ioSafe Solo upgrades a single 3.5 inch Seagate or Western Digital SATA internal hard disk drive with its patented fireproof and flood-proof enclosure solution. The ioSafe Solo optimizes risks and helps protect precious data from loss in fire temperatures up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit and flood protection down to a 10 foot depth for 3 days. The ioSafe Solo is available in capacities of 500GB, 1TB and 1.5TB and connects to PCs, Macs or Linux computers with a USB 2.0 interface. Starting at $149, all ioSafe Solos come with a $1,000 ioSafe Disaster Recovery Service included in the purchase. The Disaster Recovery Service provides up to $1,000 of third-party forensic drive data recovery service should the ioSafe Solo be damaged and the company is unable to directly recover the information.
The ioSafe Solo external disk drive is engineered and tested to protect data from fire (up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit for one-half hour per ASTM E119) and flood (full immersion in fresh or salt water at depths up to 10 feet for 3 days). These capabilities are made possible by ioSafe's technology which can be used for both internally developed products and available to third-party manufactures for licensing. The technology optimizes protection of disk drive data to prevent damage from fire, floods and other disasters - while at the same time uniquely resolving heat dissipation issues found in all computer systems.
The ioSafe technology includes:
* ioSafe's patented FloSafe cooling vent technology provides air-flow cooling to dissipate heat during normal operation. FloSafe technology also has the ability to detect destructive heat levels and automatically close the vents to protect data from extreme heat.
* Data on ioSafe protected products also is protected from extreme heat by ioSafe's proprietary DataCast endothermic insulation technology. Chemically embedded with water, cooling water vapor is engineered to be released above temperatures of 160 degrees Fahrenheit to protect the data within the enclosure.
* The patented HydroSafe technology is a waterproof vapor barrier designed to protect data loss from fresh or salt-water damage, including full immersion. Simultaneously, HydroSafe technology allows the cooling FloSafe air flow heat dissipation required by all computer hardware during normal operation.
Availability and price
The Solo is available today and can be purchased online at http://www.iosafe.com and soon purchased through retail channels. The ioSafe Solo capacities and pricing are as follows: 500GB for $149, 1TB for $199 and 1.5TB for $299. All units come with a power cord, USB cable and users guide.
