New Line of Encryption HDDs From Rocstor: the Commander 2UE

Rocsecure, a division of Rocstor announced its new line of COMMANDER 2 encrypted external hard drives.

The COMMANDER 2 Pocket Drives deliver security, performance, and reliability. Designed and engineered in USA to meet the needs of secure mobile data storage market, The COMMANDER 2UE 2.5” external hard drive is also compatible with both Windows and Macintosh Operating Systems.

“The COMMANDER 2 series contains unique features over the last generation of our Rocbit series TDES drives with the AES-265 bit Hardware, Real-Time encryption and key-token authentication,” according to Mr. Asher, Director of Business Developments. “Additionally, the encryption contains ‘ECB’, which is one of the most secure encryption modes. This drive is both bus-powered and bootable.” The new COMMANDER 2UE with Key-Token authentication Pocket Drives contain a fast, high capacity 2.5” SATA drive mechanism, with up to 3,000Mbits/sec transfer speeds and silent operation.

Design Technology
The first of its kind in ruggedized design, The COMMANDER 2 series Pocket Drives are designed to satisfy the sophisticated Military and Government requirements, and they provide unprecedented quality for the consumer as well. The COMMANDER 2UE, with its High Speed USB 2.0 and eSATA is cross platform compatible with Mac and Microsoft Windows OS.

The ruggedized and enduring aluminum chamber and shock-absorbent (patent in process) casing protect the drive against impact damage, accidental drops and bumps. These outstanding design features prolong product life and protect data integrity under toughest working environments.

Wide Range of Applications
Operating with Mac OS, Linux, and Windows, this external drive offers storage capacities ranging from 160GB to 640GB. In addition to encryption security, this will allow users the ability to quickly, and with no down time in encryption or decryption, archive valuable data, large video or audio files or simply backing up important data. The bootable features of this hard drive allows the user to boot, access and operate all programs and data via any another computer under the same OS environments.

Special Features

• Ruggedized Pocket size external storage drive
• Encryption: AES-256 bit, ECB Mode; hardware based (not a software embedded in a chip); real-time (no downtime in encryption or decryption); no software is required; independent of operation systems
• Robust and tough aluminum Casing
• Enhanced shock-absorbent casing despite its small size
• Incorporates SATA Hard Drive
• USB and eSATA connections
• Enables USB bus powered and bootable
• Speeds up to 3,000 Mega Bytes per second
• Cross-platform compatibility (Mac or Windows or Linux)
• Includes all necessary cables

Specifications

• Capacities: 250GB, 320GB and 500GB (750GB and 1TB will be available in 2nd and 3rd Quarter, 2010)
• Rotational Speed: available with 5,400 or 7200 rpm
• Interface: High Speed USB 2.0 (1.1 Compatible) and eSATA
• Transfer Rates: Up to 480Mbits/s USB and up to 3,000Mbits/s eSATA
• Dimensions: 2.95 x 5x 0.63 (0.75) inch  – 75 x 12.7 x 16 (19) mm
• Weight: 0.5 lb (0.2Kg)

System Requirements

• Mac or PC computers with USB (1.1 or 2.0) or eSATA
• Apple: PowerPC or Intel Core Duo processor
• PC: 266MHz or faster Intel or equivalent processor
• Recommended Memory: 512MB RAM

Operating System Requirements

• Apple: PowerPC or Intel Core Duo processor running Mac OS 9, X or Snow Leopard
• PC: Microsoft, Windows, 2000, Me, XP, Vista or Windows 7

Power Requirements

• USB Bus Power

Availability
Commander 2 series will be available at the end of January 2010, through our distribution and reseller channel domestically and internationally.