Today we take a look at a product which is designed to protect your precious digital data from natural disaster. ioSafe builds products which can withstand high temperatures and are water proof (to an extent). They send us their latest and greatest 2-bay NAS device.

The ioSafe 214 is a 12kg heavy metal box which holds two 3.5" drives inside. ioSafe partnered with Synology to provide the NAS part of the product, in that regard the specifications of this device are almost identical to the Synology DS214 (CPU, memory, network connectivity, USB ports).

Hardware Specifications
CPU
CPU Model	Marvell Armada XP
CPU Frequency	Dual Core 1.066 GHz
Floating Point
Hardware Encryption Engine
Memory
System Memory	512 MB DDR3
Storage
Drive Bay(s)	2
Compatible Drive Type	3.5" SATA(III) / SATA(II) HDD 2.5" SATA(III) / SATA(II) HDD 2.5" SATA(III) / SATA(II) SSD ioSafe Qualified Hard Drives List!
Max. Internal Capacity	10 TB (5 TB HDD X 2) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Hot Swappable Drive
External Ports
USB 2.0 Port	1
USB 3.0 Port	2
USBCopy
File System
Internal Drives	EXT4
External Drives	EXT4 EXT3 FAT NTFS HFS+ (Read Only, with max. volume size 2TB)
Appearance
Size (Height X Width X Depth)	5.9 in (150mm) x 9.06 in (230mm) x 11.5 in (292mm)
Weight	12.7 kg
Others
LAN Number (RJ45)	Gigabit X 1
Wake on LAN/WAN
System Fan	92 mm X 92 mm X 1 pcs
Wireless Support (dongle)
Noise Level	19.9 dB(A)
Power Recovery
Scheduled Power On/Off
Power Supply Unit / Adapter	65W
AC Input Power Voltage	100V to 240V AC
Power Frequency	50/60 HZ, Single Phase
Power Consumption	22.64W (Access) 9.12W (HDD Hibernation)
Temperature
Operating Temperature	5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
Storage Temperature	-10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)
Relative Humidity	5% to 95% RH
Maximum Operating Altitude	6500 feet

For all intents and purposes this device will function as a Synology DS214 device, if you don't get to see the physical device, you can't make the distinction. Of course there are a few specifications of the ioSafe 214 which surpass the Synology device:

The ioSafe enclosure can withstand up to ~843°C for 30 minutes; can be submersed 3 meter deep for 72 hours! Last but not least you can fix the ioSafe case with a Kensington cable.

We start of with a quick performance test of the ioSafe 214