Storage/Other by stefan @ 2012-01-13
The new DataGuardian USB 3.0 Flash Drive from Super Talent gives us the possibility to protect the data stored on it by locking its entire filesystem with a password; the user interface that pops up when the drive is inserted is user friendly and we can re-enter the password two more times if we got it wrong the first time.
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I7 Retail @ stock
Motherboard: Foxconn BloodRage with G42 BIOS
RAM: 3x2GB Patriot PVT36G1600LLK 1600MHz
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
ASUS U3S6
The Super Talent USB 3.0 Express ST4 Flash Drive comes formatted FAT32:
The DataGuardian application is located on a read-only separate drive and is set to auto-load when the drive is inserted into a spare USB drive:
The DataGuardian application interface which pops up right after the drive is plugged in is really simple to use; initially, we are asked for a password to associate to the flash drive:
A confirmation of the newly inserted password is needed, for safety:
Next time the DataGuardian interface pops up, we can use it to type our current password for initiating the Lock or Unlock procedure of the rest of the filesystem; in case of a password error, we have two more tries left:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, in both Normal and Turbo modes, the HD Tune 4.60 utility was used:
To measure the real life performance, I have used the Total Commander application to copy to the flash drive and from the flash drive the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, when they have stabilized.
File Copy
File Read
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