http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/ Engadget Comments for ioSafe Solo hard drive places a 2TB bet on all kinds of disasters http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
Update: Jason commented to let us know they also use Seagate drives.
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By the way, how will I never know if my yacht disappears? Won't I know next time I try to use it...maybe you should have written "You never know when your yacht WILL sink or burn down"]]>Nov 13th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
good for you?]]>Nov 14th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/]]>Nov 13th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
your hard drives doing a lot of breathing?]]>Nov 13th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/western-digital-velociraptor-drive-gets-reviewed/]]>Nov 13th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
Friday 13th lol]]>Nov 13th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 13th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
I loled.]]>Nov 13th 2009 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/5-8 minutes.

Even in tornado alley USA a data safe being knocked around is a possibility to guard against.]]>Nov 16th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
http://www.amazon.com/SentrySafe-1160-FIRE-SAFE-Chest-Cubic/dp/B000SHRKJO

And drill a hole small enough for a USB cable, then another for power. Cut off the USB connector, run it through, ditto with the power connector. Splice them both back together, caulk the holes using fire retardant caulk so there is no ventilation, then just throw an external hard drive in it and put it behind the computer desk. Would the holes be enough to really impact the fire resistant nature of the case?]]>Nov 14th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
Thats what she said]]>Nov 14th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
Lets see them do a LIVE test, not a powered down test. Otherwise, it's just a gimmick.]]>Nov 14th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ZojKNjhD4]]>Nov 14th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Nov 14th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-usb-external-hard-drive/

"Also one thing to note is that, I mentioned in the video about missing the tubes that are supposed to melt during a fire and block the channels, I spoke with ioSafe about this and that is the way it’s supposed to be as it’s a new design.

Here’s a quote from the CEO about it actually: "They’re not missing. We’ve recently tuned the FloSafe vent openings for fire vs. Normal operation. During a fire, the vent channels are sized so the steaming action from the water is always a constant outward flow! The outside heat in a fire does not penetrate yet the vent channels are just the right for adequate cooling during normal operation.""

So they're too small for heat to get through in the rated time it's meant to survive in a fire, can survive being immersed then set on fire because it steams up outwards and I guess it survives being immersed just by being internally sealed (so water can't get in as there's already air there... you'd have to manually rotate the drive several times in specific directions to get air into the HDD chamber since water is heaver than air and the channels go multiple directions.]]>Nov 15th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/Plus backing up client files]]>Nov 14th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/1. Buy yourself an external HDD drive (I would go for a dual-bay version, up to 2/4 Gb total), which is $20-60, depending on a config (it may include RAID).
2. Buy HDDs - price depends on your preferences.
3. Get yourself a SentrySafe Fire-Safe Waterproof File - $40 at Walmart, Office Depot, etc.

It gets you a bigger space for papers, docs, valuable, etc. Not just an HDD. And It hold water and dire much longer.

And, yes, it is cheaper.]]>Nov 14th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/iosafe-solo-hard-drive-places-a-2tb-bet-on-all-kinds-of-disaster/
4. Remember to make regular backups
5. Remember to put your drive in the fire safe while backups aren't running.
6. Try not to have a fire when the backup is running

This supposed to be more of a set it and forget it scenario, where you can just leave it plugged in and on, and not worry about stashing it in a firesafe for protection. Honestly I think it would be cooler if it was a decent speed NAS. Then you could have it in a completely different room from your PC.
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