CES Under The Radar: Stuff You Missed : Storage: Seagate BlackArmor

By Douglas Mechaber and Rachel Rosmarin, published on January 14, 2009 at 2:50 PM
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A product from Seagate, presented by Robert Thibadeau, Seagate’s CTO, caught my eye. It is a  2.5 inch 5400 FDE.2 drive (full disk encryption) that prevents anyone from writing or reading the drive without a proper key. The advantage of full disk encryption is that encoding and decoding is done in the hard disk firmware, and there is no overhead or impact to the OS.  This drive, though, only works with XP and Vista; no Mac or Linux because of the pre boot software.  There are versions from 80 GB to 160 GB; all have a SATA 2 interface.  A 320 GB version should be widely available before Q2.  Removing the USB cable auto locks the drive.  There is included software to erase encryption keys if you wish to change the password.  Pre-boot authentication is done via a set aside area accessed as a virtual CD upon boot.  Data is fully encrypted except when used by an application.  No worries here about leaving this drive behind; the data is absolutely inaccessible to anyone else. This BlackArmor series achieves its magic by using 128 bit AES encryption, and is available now at Staples and other retailers for $149.
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swankenstein 01/15/2009 2:48 AM
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I can't see your photo story because of the stupid pos visual studio pop up, thanks

wiyosaya 01/15/2009 7:11 PM
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Sony has one 11.1" OLED????

Sounds like you went to a different show than these guys....

zads 01/15/2009 7:22 PM
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CORRECTION: 800MB/s & 600MB/s,
not 800Mb/s & 600Mb/s..
the latter is entirely mediocre.

JohnMD1022 01/16/2009 2:27 AM
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No hard drives, backup-up drive will hold 50 Gb, on a device certified for 6,000 Gb, and $900?

Why do i think i could build it better and cheaper?

hmmmmmmmmmm ....

ediver 01/17/2009 5:28 AM
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Thanks for the correction, zads. Don't know how I missed that.

ediver 01/17/2009 5:34 AM
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A far as the LG NAS is concerned: there are a few features it has that didn't make it into print. Those include a catalog dredger, so that duplicates of files aren't backed up (not quite data dedupe), the ability to stream virtual media discs to multiple users, and the real time backup. Remember that in a typical RAID 5 or 1 configuration, the total storage will drop somewhat. Existing backup solutions are very expensive (LTO and AIT drives are outta sight) and per GB, the storage costs are similar to BluRay. Also, most backups will be differential or incremental, and in a small work group or small/home office, I would be impressed with someone generating over 50 GB of content per day. So, yes, I do find the price quite attractive, but it is at least 6 months from announced ship date, the price is approximate, and the market will almost certainly change between now and then.

Anonymous 02/13/2009 5:27 AM
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I'm sorry Pioneer but Yamaha has had:

# iPod compatibility via Yamaha Universal Dock
# USB port on front panel to connect a USB memory device or a USB portable audio player
# On-screen display with iPod song title display
# Compressed Music Enhancer to improve compressed music sources

for as long as the current series has been around, sometime in 2008.

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