06/30/2010
– The age
of USB 3.0 is
almost here. Today, storage leader Thecus® Technology is proud
to announce its
first portable storage device featuring the new USB 3.0 standard
– the D0204.
With massive storage capacity in a tiny package no larger than a
paperback
book, the D0204 delivers impressive data security and performance with
an
integrated USB 3.0 port, making it the most powerful and versatile
portable DAS
on the market.
The
D0204 is a small and compact direct
attached storage (DAS) device. Wrapped in a housing measuring a mere 86mm x 55.3mm
x 132mm,
the D0204 may appear to be a mere portable hard disk at first glance,
but
peering inside this tiny form factor reveals a powerful storage unit.
Headlining
is its integrated
USB 3.0 port at the back of the
unit, which grants the
D0204 data transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s
– ten times the speed of USB 2.0. With USB 3.0 built-in,
users can transfer
files to and from the device at unprecedented speeds with a USB
3.0-enabled
computer. Of course, the D0204 is fully backward-compatible with USB
2.0 and
USB 1.1 standards, which means you can use it with virtually any
USB-equipped
device.
Users
can install up to two SATA hard disks
using the D0204’s
two 2.5”
SATA bays, which means a total
storage
capacity of up to
2 terabytes! The
D0204 even accepts the latest solid
state drives (SSDs), offering
users impressive data performance with no
moving parts that could break or malfunction. Users can even swap hard
disks
while the device is running thanks to the D0204’s
hot-swappable
drive bays.
Of
course, the Thecus® D0204 is a complete
storage solution that’s also easy to use. To manage all of
this storage, users
can choose between RAID
0, 1, and Large
to further enhance data security or performance. All of the D0204’s
features can be administrated
through its intuitive Windows
Utility.
With this utility, D0204 users can both set up and manage their D0204,
making
this powerful storage device also one of the friendliest around.
“With
full USB 3.0 compatibility, the new D0204 brings incredible
performance and data protection to a remarkably tiny and easy-to-use
device,”
said Florence Shih, Thecus®
Technology General Manager. “Offering
impressive storage capacity in a small size, the D0204 is the ideal
storage
device for the user on the go.”
