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Fuzzy Logic ioSafe releases first fire and waterproof hard drives
Fuzzy Logic ioSafe releases first fire and waterproof hard drives | ioSafe releases first fire and waterproof hard drives |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 11 June 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 There are two models in the ioSafe 3.5 "family", which are the Pilot and Squadron lines.Featured Whitepaper
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The Squadron line has capacities of 80GB, 160GB and 200GB disks, has a SATA II interface and 7200 rpm speeds. While there are much larger drives available at much cheaper prices, they obviously don't include the water and fire protection, and they certainly don't come with an included "Disaster Recovery Service", something that can normally cost at least $1000, if not double that figure or more, depending on the damage the drive has suffered, be it disk head crash or damage by fire or water. ioSafe are offering this Disaster Recovery Service with every drive "at no extra charge", starting with a "phone-assisted self-recovery of data by simply removing the 2.5-inch drive from the ioSafe 3.5 enclosure and recovering the data directly". Although the ioSafe technology is designed to allow this feature to work, letting you retrieve your data immediately, the next level of the data recovery service entails "shipping the product back to ioSafe or to its third-party data recovery experts." ioSafe will cover "all expedited shipping costs, replacement products and up to US $2500 in third-party recovery fees" which are "paid by ioSafe as part of the Disaster Recovery Service." The drives have started shipping in the US. Prices range from US $329 to $449 for the Pilot Series, and from US $359 to $459 for the Squadron series. The drives come with a 3 year warranty and, after you have registered your drive with ioSafe, then also qualify for the "ioSafe Disaster Recovery Service" which gives "24/7/365 disaster support and assistance with recovering precious information following a disaster." Clearly the solution won't be for everyone, and other disaster and data recovery choices are available, including multiple onsite backups using hard drives or tapes, as well as online backup services. But it's certainly an interesting development in the realm of additional protection for hard drives directly in existing equipment and surely disk sizes will grow accordingly in the future. So... if you want to be as protected against disasters as possible, here's another thing you can add to your disaster recovery budget, with the cost of the drives and the value of your data clearly a major factor in whether these drives are affordable enough and of interest to you and your business, or not! |
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