Those who carry sensitive information around with them on a daily basis are doubtless concerned by the possibility of losing the device carrying that precious data (or worse still, having it stolen).
Equally, if the mobile storage you use is secure, what happens if you fail to return to the office unexpectedly?
Those concerns are addressed by the new iStorage diskAshur Pro2 external HD, a compact storage device designed to work with secure data without the need to install software on all the systems it will meet. The Pro2 retails at £489 ($670 in the US, or AU$1,039).
Design
This new Pro2 design joins the original diskAshur Pro, a product that iStorage still makes alongside other robust and secure storage devices. It comes in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB and 5TB capacities, and it was the latter which the firm supplied us for review.
The Pro2 is expensive as 5TB external drives go, being quadruple what Seagate asks for its Backup Plus 5TB drive, and more than double LaCie’s rugged Thunderbolt 5TB models.
After removing the drive from the packaging, we realized why iStorage asks so much for it. Because this is, without doubt, one of the most glorious pieces of product engineering we’ve had …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac