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Review on πŸ”’ Secure Data Storage: Apricorn Aegis Desktop 4 TB FIPS 140-2 Validated Encrypted Hard Drive (ADT-3PL256F-4000) by Patrick Stowers

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Reliable, durable and once again built to last for travel, productivity and storage.

I used a previous version of this data delivery product a few years ago and it did not disappoint during a recovery from a business disaster. The instructions for setting up and using the PINs (admin and user) are easy to follow and when the drive is in the unlocked state it works like any other high quality USB drive. Depending on how I'm reading/writing (single stream or multiple), I got up to 40+ MB/s via the ultrabook's USB port. It was big enough and fast enough to do all of my needs and we could end up making it part of our overall disaster recovery strategy as it replicates to a remote location (behind the computer) and can be sent to the DR at any time -Site can be migrated/shipped moment. The formatted capacity I had was just over 3.6TB. Not sure if that changes or not but it more than met my needs.

Pros
  • Separate admin and user mode
Cons
  • Some bugs