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SentrySafe Fireproof Waterproof USB HDD Housings Save Your Data (Not You) From Armageddon
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 12:17 PM on November 14, 2007
SentrySafe has made safes for 70 years, but now they've teamed with Seagate/Maxtor to make hard-drive housings that withstand up to 1550degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour, and "full" 24-hour water submersion. Some like the Fire-Safe/Waterproof 80GB and 160GB ($320) drives are freestanding units that house 2.5" bus-powered drives in impervious containers. The other alternative is a full-blown $520 safe that has a USB pass-through for your bus-powered drive. A third option is a smaller filing box, the Data Storage Safe, which lets you keep DVDs and other small documents along with a small USB drive. [SentrySafe]
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johnnyabnormal
Posted 2:16 AM 14/11/07
2 TB and I'll get one.
johnnyabnormal
Gene
Posted 10:22 PM 13/11/07
Well, the nice thing about this is that all your "live" data is protected, since you can use the drive while it's in the safe.
I wonder what keeps the drives from overheating though. The thing needs to be extremely well insulated (obviously,) and drives produce an not insignificant amount of heat in operation.
Gene
BigDogues
Posted 8:52 PM 13/11/07
Umm, neat I guess. Off site storage for irreplaceable files has always been the best option for me.
BigDogues
TKWarrior
Posted 6:45 AM 14/11/07
Neat idea, with more people protecting their data with backups and/or RAID, this answers the question 'what about fire and theft?'.
However, I'd like to see some tests done when it finally comes out. How exactly is the drive protected when the cabling goes through the firewall? Personally, I'd like to see one with an cat6 pass-through. Makes more sense then USB if you want to actually HIDE the safe.
I'm setting up a RAID NAS at home myself. Thought about getting a large USB drive to periodically backup the NAS and store in our safety deposit box. At least then you have a full off-site backup. Any thoughts?
TKWarrior
jeffj-nj
Posted 9:48 AM 14/11/07
@johnnyabnormal: No, you won't. You'll complain that it isn't 4 TB.
jeffj-nj
R@V3N
Posted 9:13 AM 14/11/07
I like this. Some of the data I manage can't be sent offsite and it would be catastrophic if loss. 160GB is no where near enough though.
R@V3N