Fujitsu Mag EraSURE - purges HDDs in 60 seconds

Posted on Tuesday, May 30 2006 @ 21:16 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Erasing everything on a hard drive isn't easy, even after reformatting and rewriting the drive several times it's still possible to recover some of the data. This can be dangerous for companies in financial, medical, legal and data center markets. So Fujitsu decided to launch a new professional degausser device called Mag EraSURE P2V to deal with this problem.

They say this product is an effective, economical solution for industries that require fast and secure removal of magnetically recorded data from hard disk drives, removable disks and backup tapes. According to Fujitsu the Mag EraSURE purges magnetically recorded data up to 5000 Oe in 60 seconds, making it impossible for commercial data recovery services to recover the data.

The Fujitsu Mag EraSURE features a one-touch operation. You simply insert the drive into the degausser, push the button and the device handles the rest. It works by passing the media through a large magnetic field. Additionally, the device also destroys the read/write heads.

It's not aimed at consumers, it's more for large companies, it has a price tag of $13,500.

Specifications:
Model ME-P2V
Supported Media HDD: 1.8", 2.5", 3.5" (up to 1.6" height)
Tape: SDLT, DLT, LTO, DAT, TRANVAN, AIT, QIC, 8mm
Floppy disks and other removable magnetic disks
Operation time (two passes) 60 seconds
Magnetic field strenght 1.3 Tesla max
Permanent magnet Long life
Surface field strenght Top: 80 gaus or less
Bottom: 220 gaus or less
Temperature Operating: -10°C to 40°C
Non-operating: -40°C to 65°C
Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% (non-condensing)
Non-operating: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Dimensions 340mm x 605mm x 215mm
Weight 68lbs or less


Fujitsu also has the Mag EraSURE P3E, which was launched January. This product is aimed at High Security applications and features data erasing capabilities up to 5300 Oe.


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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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