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Performance
RFID Encryption
So does this unique method of encryption work?
You bet it does. What if you actually remove the drive from the
enclosure and attempt to install it on a completely different system as an
additional drive? Will you be able to read it? That's probably
something many will be quite curious about and is something I tested
thoroughly.
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After properly activating the RFID feature and
moving some sample data over, I
took the drive out of the enclosure and connected it to a separate system
running Windows XP via an internal SATA cable. You cannot access any
data on the drive. In fact, if you go to Disk Management, it will ask
you to initialize the drive and will show as unallocated, practically
forcing you to format the drive. Pop it back
in the enclosure and when using the included key, you can access all data
once again without issues. I can confirm this feature works very well.
Hard Disk Performance
Actual drive performance will depend on many
factors. This includes the actual drive installed on the TS01B, the
performance of all your PC components and the operating system used for
testing. Providing benchmarks on hard disk performance of such a
product is really not something I like to do. On the other hand
though, some may want some sort of idea as to what to expect from a similar
setup. With that said, I did test it and will provide at least some performance
results using a new Western Digital Scorpio 2.5" SATA drive. I
won't go as far as I normally do with storage products, but this should give
you a general idea of what to expect.
For the tests, two tools were used. The
very latest version of SANDRA'S File System Benchmark and HD Tune. The
results are shown in the table below...
As mentioned in previous reviews where plenty of
additional testing is done, HD Tune is simply a more reliable benchmark tool
and provides more credible and highly consistent results. With this
particular setup, you're looking at maximum transfer rates ranging between
30MB/s and 33MB/s. Access Times were between 13ms and 17ms.
Conclusions
The new Silverstone TS01B is a sleek and
innovative hard drive enclosure designed for those looking for an added
measure of security. Installing your drive and setup of the unique
RFID encryption is incredibly easy and functions flawlessly. Also,
unlike many drive enclosures, Silverstone includes plenty in the box along
with it, including a very nice quality leather slip-in pouch. EMHz
Recommended!
More information on the new TS01B can be found
on
Silverstone's Website.
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Pros |
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- Ultra sleek design
- Incredibly easy install
- RFID data encryption
- Quality leather pouch
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- Slightly delicate PCB/cover
- Unallocated drive to enable
RFID encryption
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