iodyne Pro Mini Announced – A Smart Drive for Video and Photo Professionals

by Jose Prada7 days ago

iodyne has announced the Pro Mini, a smart drive designed specifically for video and photo production needs. The Pro Mini features sustained read and write performance, Passkey authentication, digital label, find my tracking, 4TB and 8TB capacity options, and more. iodyne calls it ‘the first-ever Smart Drive’. So… let’s take a look at it!

iodyne is a company specializing in storage systems for professionals in the filmmaking and photography industry, like the iodyne Pro Data 48TB, launched in 2022. Now, the brand has returned with the iodyne Pro Mini. This portable drive delivers more than 3GB/s of continued performance, featuring universal USB 4/Thunderbolt connectivity, a solid-state cooling system, a customizable digital label, and more. The Pro Mini should help avoid production workflow bottlenecks that professionals tend to accept as an inherent part of the process, like performance limitations of SSD drives, lack of optimal security, the habit of stacking drives instead of reusing them for new projects, etc.

There is so much powerful performance and revolutionary engineering packed into the Pro Mini. Every single feature was thoughtfully designed and considered with the needs of production professionals in mind. There are major breakthroughs in what we can now do in a portable drive thanks to our collaboration with Frore Systems on bringing solid-state cooling technology to portable SSDs. 

Mike Shapiro, Co-President, iodyne.

iodyne Pro Mini’s main features 

• Sustained 3+ GB/s Performance with encryption and internal RAID protection turned on. 
• Solid-state cooling with Frore Systems’ AirJet. iodyne ensures it is silent, dynamic, self-cleaning, and protected against particles as small as 0.3μm.
• Customizable Digital Label enables customers to personalize a label for each drive.
• Find My Tracking links the Pro Mini with Apple and Google Find My Device networks to locate a lost or in-transit drive. 
• Device Passkeys. Pro Mini features secure Passkeys for a portable storage drive. 
• Fleet Management. iodyne Cloud’s service allows users to manage and provision groups of Pro Mini and Pro Data devices for projects anywhere. 
• Multiple Containers. This feature allows the unit to perform multi-platform workflows on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Hardware-accelerated RAID-6 data protection.
• Hardware-accelerated XTS-AES-256 encryption with a Secure Enclave for keys.
• Bus-powered Universal Connectivity with support for USB2.x, USB3.x, and USB 4 / Thunderbolt.
• Customized workflow metadata through NFC or Cloud. 
• Machined and anodized aluminum chassis.

This is the first portable drive to deliver 3+ GB/s of sustained performance–but then there are so many more features, like hardware-accelerated encryption and RAID, universal USB 4 / Thunderbolt connectivity, electronic labelling, and tracking, that truly make Pro Mini the closest thing to a pocket-sized studio. Our customers asked for it, and we listened.

Jeff Bonwick, Co-President, iodyne.

Price and availability

iodyne Pro Mini will be introduced at the IBC Show in Amsterdam, September 13-16, in Hall 6 Booth A22. Pro Mini can be pre-ordered soon through iodyne’s official partners and distributors. It will be available for select beta customers in Q4 2024 and shipping in Q1 2025

Pricing: (pre-order pricing is specific to reseller geography and currency)

4TB – Dark Space Grey $1,495
8TB – Dark Space Grey $2,195

For more information, please visit iodyne’s website. Also, in case you’re planning on visiting the IBC Show (September 13-16), you can visit them at their booth #6.A22.

What do you think about iodyne’s Pro Mini? Would you be interested in a drive with these characteristics? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!