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VIRTUALISATION Hitachi notebook drive 'fastest in its class'
VIRTUALISATION Hitachi notebook drive 'fastest in its class' | Hitachi notebook drive 'fastest in its class' |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 02 September 2009 | |
  
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Other features include bulk data encryption (BDE), which automatically encrypts data as it is written and decrypts it when read. Hitachi officials claim the Travel7K500 is one of the first mobile drives to comply with the Trusted Computing Group's (TCG's) Opal storage security specification. According to the TCG, Opal provides a secure boot capability as well as protecting user data from compromise due to the loss, theft, repurposing or end of life of the storage device. In most circumstances, BDE eliminates the need to wipe drives prior to disposal as deleting the encryption key (or removing the drive from the system) renders the data unreadable. "With Hitachi's support for the TCG Opal specification, we're working with industry leaders who are enabling more widespread adoption and interoperability across the entire storage ecosystem," said Brendan Collins, vice president of product marketing at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. The Travelstar 7K500 is now shipping to top-tier OEMs, with general availability later this month. It is offered in 120, 160, 250, 320 and 500G versions. November will see the introduction of enhanced availability models with 160 to 500G capacities for situations such as blade servers and surveillance systems that require round-the-clock operation. |
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