CONCLUSION

   As you can all easily tell from our charts even though the diskAshur PRO2 4TB PIN Authenticated Portable SSD offers plenty of storage capacity it’s far from the fastest of its kind, mainly because iStorage is still using 2.5” drives. Of course, data transfer speeds surpassing 250-300MB/s are still very fast and should still be more than plenty for the majority of users out there but i suspect iStorage is not far from introducing their first M.2 NVMe based PIN authenticated portable SSDs to cover the needs of the more demanding ones. Performance aside however how does the diskAshur PRO2 4TB SSD do in terms of hardware encryption? Well as usual we did our best to try and force access to the drive (both via software and workarounds) without luck. However, since we are not hackers, we can only rely on the various certifications these drives have been getting from government and private agencies and organizations which do employ such personnel.

   PIN authenticated portable SSDs are always quite expensive and that also applies for the diskAshur PRO2 4TB SSD model by iStorage since it currently retails for USD1346.38 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 1231Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk). Since the Samsung 860 QVO 4TB SSD alone retails for around USD500/450Euros however this was never going to be a low-cost model (the slower, yet equally high capacity 4TB Portable HDD model however is). With that out of the way however if you’re looking for plenty of storage capacity, very good read/write performance levels and hardware encryption second to none the diskAshur PRO2 4TB SSD model by iStorage was made with you in mind and for that it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (IP56 Certified Enclosure)
- PIN Authenticated
- Security Measures (AES-XTS 256-bit Hardware Encryption/EDGE Chip/Interior Epoxy Layer)
- Very Good Performance (For A 2.5” Portable SSD)
- Hardwired USB Cable
- Available In 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB/4TB/8TB Capacities
- HDD & SSD Models
- Epoxy Coated Keypad (Wear Resistant)
- DriveSecurity & NERO BackItUp Software License
- Bundled Carrying/Storage Case

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- USB Cable Length