ioSafe is a manufacturer of disaster protected hard drives and network attached storage (NAS) appliances. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Roseville, California. ioSafe's storage systems are optimized for heat from fire and complete submersion in fresh or saltwater with the ability to recover data located on the disk drive inside.
ioSafe, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 by the primary inventor and CEO, Robb Moore. In response to independent research regarding data loss and catastrophic business loss from fire, flood and other natural disasters their first product (released in 2005) was the ioSafe S1, the first external hard drive to have both fire and flood protection. The ioSafe S1 hard drive was later redesigned and re-released in a dual drive RAID configuration called the S2.[3]
In 2006, in response to enterprise business demand for a fire and flood resistant network storage, the ioSafe R4 was introduced. Shortly after this NAS appliance entered production, ioSafe was granted and published patents in May 2007 for their FloSafe (fireproof) and HydroSafe (waterproof) technology.
The company was purchased by Vancouver, Washington-based CRU in July 2018.[4] This acquisition was a strategic combination of the hardware safeguards provided by ioSafe and CRU which could subsequently address the combined and non-overlapping customer bases of the two companies.[4]
Company Milestonesedit
2004 — ioSafe introduces first fire and flood protected external hard drive
2005 — ioSafe incorporates in the State of California
April 2006 — Awarded Golden Mousetrap Award by Design News magazine
November 2006 — Introduces a Network Attached Storage system with shock-protection, fire protection and water submersion protection
May 2007 — Patents granted and published for protecting active electronic devices inside a fire safe
November 2007 — Patents granted and published for protecting active electronics from water
July 2008 — Introduces a 3.5” internal hard drive with integrated disaster protection
January 2009 — Introduces a 1.5 TB disaster protected external hard drive
January 2010— Introduces a disaster protected external solid state drive
January 2011— Introduces a disaster protected portable hard drive
January 2013— NAS product named PC Magazine Editor's Choice[5]
July 2018— Acquired by CRU Acquisition Group, LLC (now CRU Data Security Group, LLC)
Products and product characteristicsedit
ioSafe sells fire- and water-proof storage servers and network attached storage devices.[4] Temperature protection has been typically at least the ASTM E119[nt 1] industry minimum of 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit.[6] Their products are not all designed in-house; for instance some products have been designed by the Taiwanese company Synology.[4]
The company has developed several protective technologies, such as a patented rugged case,[7] and three protective technologies for internal hard drives referred to as FloSafe, HydroSafe and DataCast.[6] FloSafe is an air flow technology that helps in protection against extreme heat; HydroSafe also helps with heat dissipation, but the primary role is in protecting against salt and fresh water contact and immersion; DataCast is an endothermic insulation technology using "trapped water molecules" and is a primary heat protection layer.[6]
In July 2008, ioSafe selected Fujitsu 2.5 inch hard disk drives (HDD) for its ioSafe 3.5 series, the first "disaster protected internal 3.5 inch SATA HDD".[7] The company added its patented rugged case and configured the drives to be used in 3.5 inch HDD hardware bays.[7]
The following year, 2009, the company introduced the ioSafe Solo, a ruggedized external hard drive using an internal hard drive as its storage medium.[6]
^ abcdNgo, Dong (January 6, 2009). "ioSafe Solo: Disaster-proof external hard drive". c|net. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
^ abc"ioSafe Selects Fujitsu to Deliver First Disaster-Protected Internal Hard Drives" (Press release). Fujitsu. August 26, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
Notesedit
^ASTM E119-18a title: "Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials"
External linksedit
Hard DriveChannel
ASTM E119 Fire Testing Standard
Western Fire Center, Independent Test Facility
PC Magazine Discussion
CNET News
Reviewsedit
Review at Wall Street Journal
March 14, 2024
iosafe, manufacturer, disaster, protected, hard, drives, network, attached, storage, appliances, company, founded, 2004, based, roseville, california, storage, systems, optimized, heat, from, fire, complete, submersion, fresh, saltwater, with, ability, recover. ioSafe is a manufacturer of disaster protected hard drives and network attached storage NAS appliances The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Roseville California ioSafe s storage systems are optimized for heat from fire and complete submersion in fresh or saltwater with the ability to recover data located on the disk drive inside ioSafe Inc Founded2004 20 years ago 2004 HeadquartersRoseville California 1 United StatesKey peopleRandal Barber CEO of CDSG 2 ParentCRU Data Security GroupWebsiteiosafe wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Company Milestones 3 Products and product characteristics 4 References 5 Notes 6 External links 6 1 ReviewsHistory editioSafe Inc was incorporated in 2005 by the primary inventor and CEO Robb Moore In response to independent research regarding data loss and catastrophic business loss from fire flood and other natural disasters their first product released in 2005 was the ioSafe S1 the first external hard drive to have both fire and flood protection The ioSafe S1 hard drive was later redesigned and re released in a dual drive RAID configuration called the S2 3 In 2006 in response to enterprise business demand for a fire and flood resistant network storage the ioSafe R4 was introduced Shortly after this NAS appliance entered production ioSafe was granted and published patents in May 2007 for their FloSafe fireproof and HydroSafe waterproof technology The company was purchased by Vancouver Washington based CRU in July 2018 4 This acquisition was a strategic combination of the hardware safeguards provided by ioSafe and CRU which could subsequently address the combined and non overlapping customer bases of the two companies 4 Company Milestones edit2004 ioSafe introduces first fire and flood protected external hard drive 2005 ioSafe incorporates in the State of California April 2006 Awarded Golden Mousetrap Award by Design News magazine November 2006 Introduces a Network Attached Storage system with shock protection fire protection and water submersion protection May 2007 Patents granted and published for protecting active electronic devices inside a fire safe November 2007 Patents granted and published for protecting active electronics from water July 2008 Introduces a 3 5 internal hard drive with integrated disaster protection January 2009 Introduces a 1 5 TB disaster protected external hard drive January 2010 Introduces a disaster protected external solid state drive January 2011 Introduces a disaster protected portable hard drive January 2012 Introduces a disaster protected Thunderbolt interface rugged portable SSD with Intel January 2013 NAS product named PC Magazine Editor s Choice 5 July 2018 Acquired by CRU Acquisition Group LLC now CRU Data Security Group LLC Products and product characteristics editioSafe sells fire and water proof storage servers and network attached storage devices 4 Temperature protection has been typically at least the ASTM E119 nt 1 industry minimum of 1 550 degrees Fahrenheit 6 Their products are not all designed in house for instance some products have been designed by the Taiwanese company Synology 4 The company has developed several protective technologies such as a patented rugged case 7 and three protective technologies for internal hard drives referred to as FloSafe HydroSafe and DataCast 6 FloSafe is an air flow technology that helps in protection against extreme heat HydroSafe also helps with heat dissipation but the primary role is in protecting against salt and fresh water contact and immersion DataCast is an endothermic insulation technology using trapped water molecules and is a primary heat protection layer 6 In July 2008 ioSafe selected Fujitsu 2 5 inch hard disk drives HDD for its ioSafe 3 5 series the first disaster protected internal 3 5 inch SATA HDD 7 The company added its patented rugged case and configured the drives to be used in 3 5 inch HDD hardware bays 7 The following year 2009 the company introduced the ioSafe Solo a ruggedized external hard drive using an internal hard drive as its storage medium 6 References edit ioSafe Contact Information ioSafe Retrieved July 30 2018 self published source Management Team April 2008 ioSafe introduces S2 disaster proof storage device providing simple disk based disaster recovery for critical business data Press release ioSafe April 7 2008 Archived from the original on December 1 2008 self published source a b c d Shilov Anton July 26 2018 CRU Acquires ioSafe Creating Disaster Resistant Storage Powerhouse AnandTech Purch Retrieved July 30 2018 IoSafe N2 NAS Review a b c d Ngo Dong January 6 2009 ioSafe Solo Disaster proof external hard drive c net Retrieved July 30 2018 a b c ioSafe Selects Fujitsu to Deliver First Disaster Protected Internal Hard Drives Press release Fujitsu August 26 2008 Retrieved July 30 2018 Notes edit ASTM E119 18a title Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials External links editHard DriveChannel ASTM E119 Fire Testing Standard Western Fire Center Independent Test Facility PC Magazine Discussion CNET NewsReviews edit Review at Wall Street Journal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IoSafe amp oldid 1184689328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
