Fire and Water-Resistant Hard Drive Enclosures

[budafist]

Would be nice if these started becoming a standard. (http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/11/16/sentysafe-fire-and-w.html)

SentrySafe has teamed up with Maxtor to create a line of fire resistant and waterproof USB hard drives, the better to protect your data in a disaster. The drives can withstand temperatures up to 1,550° Fahrenheit for 30 minutes and can be submerged in water for up to 24 hours.

[hewligan]

An off-site backup would be cheaper and safer...

[budafist]

I didn't of that. I have 2 external hard drives here. I keep one at home and one at work and swap them every month or so when I back up. I guess I just like the idea of chucking a hard drive into the sea for a day and having it still work.

Oh and I wouldn't have to worry about my leaky building either!

[mojoprime]

you could put a sail on it, and see if someone on the other side of the world finds it one day and starts using your designs. ;)