Special Pricing for Friends and Family - $100 Savings!

Looking for the best price on an external hard drive? Look no further than the ioSafe friends and family discount with a savings of $100.00!! Get a FREE upgrade to the 5 year warranty with this secret link!

http://www.iosafe.com/solo-special-offer-friends-family-free-5yr-upgrade

The ioSafe Solo has the following features:


* External Hard Drive
* USB Plug and Play
* Rugged
* Fireproof
* Waterproof
* FREE $100 5 YR DATA RECOVERY SERVICE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

http://www.iosafe.com/solo-special-offer-friends-family-free-5yr-upgrade

Customer Review of ioSafe Solo - Home Fire Test

Recently, the Home Server Show performed a complete review of the ioSafe Solo hard drive by setting it on fire in their own back yard - proving once again that the ioSafe hard drives can withstand fire and flood, protecting your family photos, video and business data from disaster. For the same price as a regular brand you can get fire and water protection for your priceless digital data.

Read the Hard Drive Review here:

http://homeservershow.com/iosafe-solo-fireproofwaterproof-external-drive-put-to-the-test.html

Watch the ioSafe Video Review here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6l4kxhl_DI


About the Home Server Show:[excerpt from homeservershow.com]

This podcast and blog is aiming for the Home Server enthusiast market whether that is Windows Home Server, Media Vaults, NAS, and home storage in general. It will also cover the convergence of Home Storage with networking, and Home Media, including Media Center.

About Dave:

I have over 18 years experience in the networking and Internet field. Some of his past experiences include 12 years as a technician for small and large networking environments including R&D and implementation of early technologies such as wireless networking and internet telephony. I also served over 6 years as VP Operations for a large regional Internet Service Provider. I spent the last several years running a small business that provides Small Business Networking and Home Networking Convergence of the computer and the media room. Most recently, I attained this Microsoft Certified Professional certification in Designing, Deploying and Managing a Network Solution for the Small and Medium-sized Business.

I am a true Geek and gadget freak. I love my Zune, Media Center, and HP’s EX475 so I guess you can say I am “onboard” with Microsoft. I was on the Windows Home Server Beta prior to release and ran a home brew box and recently purchased the EX475. I have installed several EX475’s for customers.

I hope you enjoy this site and the podcast and feel free to leave comments.

13 Toughest Gadgets of 2009

When it comes to technology, many of us have found ourselves with a cracked screen on our cell phone, chipped corners or broken keyboards. Many times we need tough, we need rugged and most of all we need reliability.

The Hottest Gadgets has put together 13 of the best hard drives and more for 2009 and you can read the full story here.

http://thehottestgadgets.com/2009/05/the-toughest-secure-gadgets-002407

Mac Users and Elegant External Hard Drives

Every distinguished Mac user needs an elegant external hard drive to match the aesthetic and functionality of their computing needs... Most graphic designers, artists and video/music producers do a great job of ensuring their data is backed up to the best of their ability and this loyal Apple computer connoisseur sets the record straight on using the ioSafe Solo as an external hard drive for mac.


Read the complete hard drive review here: http://tonedefsystems.com/forum/weblog_entry.php?e=137

PogoPlug + ioSafe = Cloud Computing without the Drizzle

Let's face it, cloud computing has it's advantages (off site, remote accessibility, etc) but even Google can mess it up sometimes...thus proving that a combination of on site and off site are best. As technology changes, prices drop for the consumer and in today's computer world you can buy a fireproof hard drive for the same price as a regular hard drive - it makes cents$$, there is a lot of value there. The only downside is that you are relying on a mechanical drive (susceptible to failure).

Along comes the Pogoplug!!
The Pogoplug connects your external hard drive to the Internet, easily allowing you to share and access your files wherever you may be. This includes smart phones! Simply connect the Pogoplug to network and attach an external drive. Simple. Done.

By combining the Pogoplug and ioSafe external hard drives you can get on site data protection from fire and flood and the benefits of mobile file access and sharing.

Two great products (both got big thumbs up at CES this year) combined can help solve your data backup strategy in a very cost effective manner.

500GB Hard Drives

Comparing Apples to Oranges
A quick search of some of the popular e-tail outlets brings back a wide range of external hard drives in a wide variety of flavors and features. From aluminum clad with flashing lights to bamboo wrapped versions, it can be a challenge when you compare all of the options. So let's take a look at a regular 500GB hard drive

Interface Options

USB 2.0 (USB 3.0 soon?!??!?)
FireWire
Ethernet

Value Added Features

Push Button Backup
Free Backup Software
Fireproof
Waterproof
Data Recovery Service

Cache Buffer Size

8MB, 16MB or 32 MB

Hard Drive Speeds

5400 RPM, 7200 RPM or 10,000RPM


Looking for the extraordinary disk drive? This is not your typical 500GB hard drive, it's fireproof up to 1550 degrees F and waterproof for 3 days at 10 feet of saltwater.

Solo Drive and Reformatting

The ioSafe Solo hard drive comes out of the box with NTFS formatting. For the Mac world, users might want to reformat. If the external hard drive is formatted FAT32, both Macs and PCs can read the drive, however there is a limitation to the max file size - limited to 3 GBs