IoSafe 1522 NAS Review Synology Powered Fireproof and Waterproof NAS

I don't understand how you review a fireproof NAS without putting it in a fire. The one thing I would want to know about a device like this is how effective it is at protecting the drives- find a burn room (I can think of several universities that have them) and chuck it in!

I can't see 30 minutes of fire protection being all that useful in a big fire.

The Curie temp of hard drives seems to be quite low, depending on the exact platter formulation. A target temp of ~800C is far too high. In a hot fire, I wouldn't expect the data to last more than 10-15 mins,

72 hrs of water protection might be enough.

But this still makes less sense than keeping copies of data off-prem somewhere - preferably a very very long way away.

And preferably multiple copies.

There may be reasons (privacy, security...) why you might not want to do that. But still. An encrypted off-prem solution, even if it's multiple NAS boxes in various offices and not a cloud thing, is going to be far more robust than a drive safe.

During a fire even a "fire safe" will reach extremely high temperatures. The goal of the box is to keep the internal temperature below 800 degrees (the autoignition point of paper). I can't imagine the internals of the NAS actually surviving above 200 or so degrees, especially given the fact there is less insulation than a standard fire safe.

A much better option would be to buy a gun safe from Costco or the like with a large internal volume and ethernet/power passthrough ports. The air inside will act as an additional insulating layer buying you time.

Don't bother, do something off-site instead. If you need a fireproof or waterproof NAS you've essentially already lots.

Wouldn’t it make much more sense for the design to mount all the external connection points as high up this tall-ish device as possible.

Maybe it’s just me, but seems like a bit of a design oversight to mount everything at the bottom.

In the event of a flood surrounding a potentially sealed box, having the cables further up might just make all the difference, right?

Feels like burying a heatsinked, passively cooled NAS would be more effective if you insist on the backup being on-premises

I’d settle for a jbod enclosure that isn’t loud and doesn’t randomly die/kill the drives.

> "it is trying to protect the hard drives and data through fires of up to 1550F for 30 minutes and 10 feet of water for up to 72 hours."

Trying. It does not look fire proof to me, especially the power supply. Did they ever tried to submerge it in a pool for 72 hours. They forgot to say also if those specs are operating or nonoperating.