ioSafe SoloPRO: Disaster Proofing Your Storage Needs

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• Coup27 - Monday, April 16, 2012 - link

  Hi Rob,
  
  It's nice to have a CEO, or even a company rep in these comments. I don't know if you are still checking these comments but if you are, is there a reason why there is no NAS version of this product? USB obviously has cable length limitations and if you wanted to secure the ioSafe somewhere on-site out of the practical reach of theft, the chances are it's going to be more than 5M away from my expensive server.
  
  My company is only small, about 30 staff with 10 computer based users. Today I have spent longer "discussing" the my options for backing up my IT provider than I did talking about the actual server implementation and roll out. Every option we discussed had a pit fall and we were left with the classic and incredibly frustrating "2 x external drive shuffle alternating once a day/week by a member of staff who someone then takes home" [insert expletive here]
  
  As has been mentioned already, cloud backup completely fails when backing up considerable data, especially large email repositories.
  
  Regards

• robb.moore - Monday, April 16, 2012 - link

  Hi Coup27-
  At ioSafe we use a Synology NAS (RAID, NAS, Private Cloud, Etc) with an ioSafe SoloPRO as the backup target for the NAS using the eSATA port on the back of the NAS. This will allow you to place the ioSafe anywhere on the network (wired or wireless).
  
  This works really well imo for the small business as there's no backup software to install on the clients if you're just after protecting the NAS. If you'd like to image the entire OS for the attached clients, you can either buy an ioSafe for each computer user and image it that way - reducing the data pushed across the LAN (this is what we do at ioSafe). Or you can image the user's hard drives across the LAN to the NAS which in turn backs up to the ioSafe (this is what I do for my home computers).
  
  Additionally, you can layer in whatever offsite strategy you'd like if you feel you need it at this point.
  
  We're also working on some other NAS solutions that we'll be announcing later this year. Hope that helps.
  
  Robb Moore
  CEO
  ioSafe

• Coup27 - Thursday, April 19, 2012 - link

  Hi Robb,
  
  Unfortunately having to rely on a seperate NAS to add network capabilities adds a significant cost to a quite reasonably priced item.
  
  When I can eventually afford my own house I would certainly consider a NAS ioSafe to place in my loft as a secure backup. This would be inpractical to be taken during a theft, and would survive water and fire damage. Obviously that would not include an off-site backup but I'm not sure how practical that is for a domestic user with TB's of data. I think a NAS ioSafe would be an excellent overrall solution and hope so see them soon!
  
  Cheers

• glugglug - Monday, March 4, 2013 - link

  Can the ioSafe be opened up and the drive inside it replaced with a larger one?
  
  Will opening it break some seals required for the disaster proofing?