Wednesday, November 14th 2007
Sentry Group Partners With Maxtor on FIRE-SAFE Waterproof HDDs
Sentry Group, leader in residential and small office security-storage containers, has partnered with Maxtor Storage Solutions to develop what is the first hard drive in the world that keeps your data protected from fire and water disasters at an affordable price. The FIRE-SAFE/Waterproof Hard Drives feature the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini hard drive inside a Sentry Safe enclosure that protects data from fire and water. It is ETL verified for fire protection for 30 minutes up to 1550 degrees F and ETL verified waterproof - meaning it is fully submersible for up to 24 hours. The FIRE-SAFE/Waterproof Hard Drives also contain a full suite of software protection tools, including data encryption and Maxtor's SafetyDrill software, a new bare metal system restore feature. These new hard drives will come in 80GB and 160GB solutions, retailing for $259.99 and $319.99 respectively.
Source:
PR Newswire
13 Comments on Sentry Group Partners With Maxtor on FIRE-SAFE Waterproof HDDs
But to be coffee-spill safe this is great. What would also be nice is to be able to survive a drop off a desk. (Approx 1 m). Although that is probably the MORE LIKELY route to data loss, I doubt that the device would handle that one. HDD as so sensitive to knocks and drops.
I would like to see Wiz do a review over one.
If they were to put some SSDs inside it, that would make it basically completely shock proof too, since they don't have moving parts anyhow.
What I am worried about is air flow, as just how hot would the HDD get under normal operation?
Nobody will ever be able to steal your data again! not with Maxtors comprehensive software bundle which converts the Maxtor external into a mini SAM launcher to take unsuspecting burglars or even the neighbors cat!!
P.S. radar jamming kit & battries sold separately
(mini motto)
Maxtor! because your office is your battlefield!!!
Theres plenty of consumer value in these things, the only problem is that theres not enough room for a real backup, get it up to at least 500gb or 1tb and then we're taking. doesn't matter idf it's 500$, it'd be well worth it for my uncle and all other private photogrophers, not to mention small business owners (of which there are millions)
If the cord integrated and fireproof?