Toshiba announces self-encrypting 2.5-inch 640GB 7,200RPM hard drive

Posted by ketyung on Wed, Dec 1st, 10 at 5:11 am

Self encrypting or hardware encryption technology is what is needed for hard disk drive or SSD to ensure your data is securely stored on the drive without sacrificing the performance. Toshiba has also jumped on the same bandwagon, having announced a new 7,200 RPM 2.5-inch self-encrypting drive.

The new Toshiba’s self-encrypting drive uses the same government-grade AES-256 hardware encryption in its disk drive’s controller electronics. The new HDD has a model name of MKxx61GSYD which is specially made for commercial computers that need to run security-sensitive applications.

The use of hardware encryption having much better benefits than software encryption. The Toshiba drive is based on the Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC) specification from the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), allows quick and secure deployment of encryption on notebooks and desktop PCs to protect confidential information.

The new Toshiba MKxx61GSYD hard drive offers 7,200RPM spindle speed, 16MB buffer, 12ms average seek time and SATA 3Gb/s interface. It’s available in a number of storage capacities including 160GB, 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, and 640GB. Toshiba has started shipping some samples to computer makers, and the volume production of the drive is scheduled for Q1 2011.

via pclaunches

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