ioSafe is offering the Rugged Portable as part of the ioSafe product line. The Rugged Portable provides physical security for mobile data backed by ioSafe’s warranty and data recovery service. The data recovery service provides up to $5,000 towards the cost of third-party forensic data recovery services.
The Rugged Portable is available in aluminum HDD and SSD and titanium SSD versions. The HDD version is available in capacities between 250 GB and 1 TB while the titanium SSD version is available in capacities of 256 or 512 GB. All versions support USB 3.0 and are backwards compatible with USB 2.0. A FireWire version will be available in March 2011.
The Rugged Portable’s physical security features include:
- Full Metal Jacket Technology: CNC-machined from a solid billet, the aluminum enclosure is crush-resistant to 2,500 lbs and the titanium alloy enclosure to 5,000 lbs.
- Full Suspension Drive Technology protects data during drops of up to 20′ (SSD version) and 10′ (HDD version) onto concrete per military standard 810G Method 516.5.
- HydroSafe Technology protects data during immersion up to 3 days in freshwater or saltwater to a depth of 10′ (aluminum version) or 30′ (SSD or titanium version) per IP68. The Rugged Portable continues to be water resistant when connected via USB or FireWire.
- ChemSafe Technology protects data during periods of immersion in diesel fuel, oils, hydraulic fluids, and aircraft fuels to a 12″ depth for 1 hour per military standard 810G Method 504.
- EnviroSafe Technology protects data from continuous exposure to UV, blowing sand, blowing dust, rain, salt fog, icing, or freezing rain for up to 24 hours per military standard 810G Methods 505.4, 506.4, 509.4, and 510.
- AltiSafe Technology enables operation at altitudes up to 15,000 ft. (aluminum version) and 30,000 feet (SSD and titanium versions) per military standards 810G Method 500.4.
- Theft resistant Kensington Lock compatible slot.
All Rugged Portable versions include 12 months warranty and data recovery service, which users can choose to extend to either 36 or 60 months.
