MILL VALLEY, CA - Iodyne, (www.iodyne.com) which specializes in fast Thunderbolt storage, has introduced the Pro Mini, a purpose-built smart drive that offers sustained read and write performance, Passkey authentication and enterprise-grade encryption. The company is currently taking pre-orders for 4TB and 8TB configurations, which also include Find My tracking capabilities, universal USB 4/Thunderbolt connectivity and fleet management.
Pro Mini is encased in a machined aluminum chassis that's just the size of a smartphone. The unit will provide sustained 3-plus GB/s performance, and 2-10x the sustained performance of typical Pro SSDs with encryption and internal RAID protection turned on.
“Every single feature was thoughtfully designed and considered with the needs of production professionals in mind,” says Iodine co-president Mike Shapiro of the Pro Mini. "There are major breakthroughs in what we can now do in a portable drive thanks to our collaboration with Frore Systems on bringing solid-state cooling technology to portable SSDs.”
Frore Systems' AirJet modules provide silent, dynamic, self-cleaning and protection against particles as small as 0.3μm. Find My tracking makes the Pro Mini a trackable SSD that can be linked with the Apple and Google Find My Device networks to locate a lost or in-transit drive. A customizable digital label enables users to personalize a label for each drive without messy stickers, masking tape or markers. And with Iodyne Cloud's new Fleet Management service, users can manage and provision groups of Pro Mini and Pro Data devices for projects anywhere.
Iodyne plans on shipping Pro Mini in Q1 of 2025. Pricing will be $1,495 for the 4TB model and $2,195 for the 8TB unit. Both will be available in dark space gray color.