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The Pilot line comes in 80GB, 160GB, 250GB and
320GB sizes, using a SATA I interface with an 8MB buffer size and 5400
rpm rotational speed.
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!
David Bass
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