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• IOSAFE INC SH3000GB1YR SOLO PRO 3TB USB2 ESATA EXT
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 15.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 17.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 8.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 18.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Disasters? -- Meh...Jul 20, 2011
By PadreSJ
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The first thing you notice about the SoloPRO is that it's big and heavy. The SoloPRO encases a 1, 1.5 or 2TB SATA drive inside of 15lbs of ceramic and steel that is 5" wide, 7.1" high and 11" long. That enclosure gives you storage that is crush resistant, able to survive temperatures of up to 1550 degrees for 30 minutes, and waterproof for 72 hours at 10 feet under.
ioSafe sent us the eSATA version of the SoloPRO which starts with a relatively Spartan exterior. Aside from some blue LEDs and strategically placed vents in the steel case, the unit is all business. The back of the SoloPRO has a small cooling fan above a single panel that houses the 12 volt power plug, a USB 2.0 connector, the power switch and an eSATA port.
Using the unit is as simple as plugging in power and connecting it to your computer via eSATA or USB. Our tests showed that the USB port topped out at 27.59MB/s while eSATA was able to hit 63.12 MB/s, more than twice the performance of the previous Solo. These numbers say two things: First, you're definitely going to want to use eSATA or USB 3.0 as your link. Second, the SoloPRO is now fast enough to use as a primary work drive.
Performance is nice, but the SoloPRO is first and foremost built to be a disaster proof. In this respect, the SoloPRO uses the same technologies pioneered by the Solo, starting with the outer shell. The two interlocking pieces resist crushing, puncture, slashing and shearing damage to the internal components.
Inside the shell you'll find ioSafe's proprietary DataCast endothermic protection: a porous ceramic that traps water within an emulsion that ablates during high temperature events. Physics 101 tells us that as long as there is still water in the ceramic, the hard drive within stays below 200 degrees and will remain a hard drive, instead of a charred lump of molten metal and glass.
Carved into the DataCast are flow channels that allow air to circulate through the unit during normal operation, keeping the drive and supporting electronics cool. In a fire these flow channels are kept clear of smoke and fire by the steam venting from the ablating ceramic. It's an ingenious system that has no moving parts that fail or get stuck.
The last line of protection is the HydroSafe vapor barrier. ioSafe vacuum seals the hard drive in an airtight/watertight bag that allows it to survive moisture, high-pressure steam, smoke and immersion while also allowing the drive to be cooled by air coming through the flow channels.
All of these technological innovations have allowed ioSafe to create a product that survives the unthinkable. They've dunked it in a pool, cooked it in a burn box, blasted it with a fire hose, dropped it from 20 feet and run over it with a tractor. However, the real testament to the design is that it has defeated disasters in the wild. Solos have survived car fires, data center floods and the like. In each case, the drive was pulled from the enclosure, plugged into a dock, data transferred, and disaster averted because the Solo lived up to its promise.
ioSafe backs up their confidence in the SoloPRO with a $2500 guarantee per SoloPRO. If for any reason your drive cannot be read (including disaster, accidental deletion or drive failure) ioSafe recover your data, or else pay up to $2500 to a 3rd party professional data recovery service to do so. In other words, ioSafe will get your data back regardless of whether you've lost it to disaster, user error or mechanical gremlins. When you buy an ioSafe SoloPRO, you're not just buying a storage device, you're buying peace of mind.
Sleeping betterJan 26, 2012
By PeteTWP
We're sleeping better knowing that our ioSafe SoloPro2 is installed. Keeping up with a proper offsite backup routine can be expensive, time consuming and burdensome. While we still manage as best we can, this great solution is on the job just in case the worst happens. Because everyone knows, with Murphy in control, that any disaster is sure to occur the week we forget to bring home the backup drive.
For a home user, this is brilliant. We've got a big fire safe for our papers, but honestly our most valuable stuff is in the desktop. With this, we'll sleep easier there too. Floods, fires, zombies (not tested) - we're good.
The product is a hard drive. Big(ish), heavy and secure - just like I want my fire safe to be. Plug in, turn on, backup, done. Easy. The packaging is minimal (good!) and the instructions to register for the included Disaster Recovery Service are super quick and simple. We even got a nice note from the CEO thanking us for the purchase. We replied to it and he did too. Class act. We need more great idea companies like this. We've seen wonky implementations of this idea before. This one is perfect and affordable.
We love it.
Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!!!!Nov 04, 2011
By Shane Morgan
All I can say is WOW!!! I can't say enough about what an awesome product this is.
I received my ioSafe SoloPro in the mail, and even the packaging is awesome. It is packed in foam, with all the cabled you need, with clear instructions on setting it up.
I bought the 1TB eSata/USB3.0 to go on my Windows Server, and it works great! I've read some people say the fan is loud, and that is simply not the case. The lights on the front are pretty cool, and the case is nice and heavy, and gives you peace of mind. Speaking of peace of mind, it is fire and waterproof!!! I mean C'MON MAN!!! They should be charging WAY more for this than they are.
I've ran scheduled backups to it for over a week now, and everything is working just as it should.
I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone looking for an inexpensive, quality external drive that will hold up for years and years.
Professional Grade Back-Up in an Armored Car BodyOct 06, 2011
By Derek Smith
ioSafe's SoloPro is bullet proof...well, almost (It is water and fireproof.) Our business depends on our constant backups and this device was the only solution to give me peace of mind when it came to the decision to purchase our corporate back-up drive. The security blanket ioSafe offers with their data recovery services is the icing on the cake. For around $200 on the 1TB device, the only question is wnhy wouldn't you implement this into your IT mix?
10 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 You should consider this:May 13, 2011
By T. Savage
This product does not offer internal data redundancy (via a RAID 1 array, or similar).
That means that the security of your files hinges on the mechanical dependability of a single HDD.
Consider:
How many times has your house burned down?
How many times has your house flooded to the point that your computer was submerged?
How many hard drives have faulted out on you?
...Yeah.
Take this into consideration when pursuing data security.
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