iodyne Pro Mini

The iodyne Pro Mini was designed specifically to tame heavy data loads, capture material really fast, edit and playback without hiccups, and to do all this while achieving studio-level performance in remote places.

This drive is being targeted at high-end applications in the film and TV industry where speed and data integrity is paramount.

iodyne drives have been used on quite a few high-end feature films and TV series.

Capacity

With 4TB and 8TB usable capacity options, iodyne Pro Mini provides as much storage capacity as the largest internal laptop SSDs, 4x the capacity of a high-end camera SSD cartridge, and 8x the capacity of the largest Pro phone SSD. That’s enough space to store more than 36 hours of 4K footage.

Even though iodyne makes these statements there are lots of 8TB SSD drives on the market.

Solid-State Cooling

The iodyne Pro Mini is said to use a revolutionary solid-state cooling system powered by dual AirJet modules, making it the world’s first portable SSD to break through the thermal throttling limit of previous portable SSD designs. Silent, dynamic, self-cleaning, and protected from particles as small as 0.3μm, the unique cooling system enables Pro Mini to deliver unprecedented sustained performance.

Sustained Performance

Through its unique solid-state cooling design, the Pro Mini is claimed to deliver 2-10x the sustained performance of typical Pro SSDs when running the most demanding workflows. And that’s with encryption and internal RAID protection turned on, all the time. The Pro Mini has been optimized for the sequential sustained data movement found in Pro workflows, such as ingesting RAW camera footage, or offloading media assets to iodyne Pro Data, or cloud or network storage.

Digital Label

The Pro Mini features a unique Digital Label that allows you to personalize and customize a label for your drive without needing messy stickers, masking tape, and pens. The Digital Label’s 2.1″ E-paper display retains your customized label image whether the drive is on or off, even if left disconnected for years on a shelf. Your label can include project names, camera numbers, contact information, logos, QR codes, bar codes and more.

Universal Connectivity

Pro Mini’s bus-powered USB-C port allows you to connect to almost anything, including phones, tablets, cameras, and computers. When you plug in, Pro Mini automatically detects the type of connection you’re using and its maximum speed, and adjusts accordingly. Pro Mini will operate as a USB 2.x device, USB 3.x device, USB 4 device, or Thunderbolt device, at speeds up to 40Gb/s, based on what type of connection you provide.

Machined Aluminum Chassis

The Pro Mini features a triple-anodized machined aluminum chassis with an industrial design. The scratch-resistant aluminum is complemented by phone-quality hardened glass protecting the Digital Label. Pro Mini is designed to be used indoors, outdoors, and on-set.

Multiple Containers 

iodyne has brought its unique Containers technology from Pro Data to Pro Mini, making this available in a portable drive for the first time. To enable more advanced multi-platform workflows, you can optionally divide Pro Mini’s physical storage capacity into distinct logical containers, each formatted with a different filesystem type.

Find My Tracking

Inside of Pro Mini is a fully-integrated secure Bluetooth signaling beacon, that can be linked with the Apple and Google device location tracking networks. You can use Find My to locate a particular drive in your inventory by flashing an LED or playing a sound. And if Pro Mini is lost, or in transit with your valuable project data, you can find it and track it using the native tracking apps on Apple or Google platforms. Pro Mini’s tracking capability is powered by an internal rechargeable battery, that automatically and intelligently recharges when needed.

Fleet Management

With iodyne Cloud’s new Fleet Management service, you can manage and provision groups of Pro Mini devices for your projects. Fleet Management manages Digital Label and Container settings, lists of Authorized Users, and other device settings so you can apply them to a set of Pro Mini drives with a single click. Fleet Management also helps you manage your entire drive inventory, including Pro Mini, Pro Data, and even devices from other vendors that you already own. Add a Fleet Management Enterprise subscription to integrate with a single sign-on service like Okta, and the ability to remotely manage your Pro Mini in the field.

Device Passkeys 

In place of insecure passwords, PIN codes, and keypads, Pro Mini provides the industry’s first implementation of secure Passkeys for a portable storage drive. Just like a modern website, Pro Mini allows multiple authorized users to establish personal and secure Passkeys that are stored in their computer or phone’s Secure Enclave. Your Passkey is used to securely unlock Pro Mini when it connects to your computer. You can also tap your phone on Pro Mini’s NFC transponder to unlock it, such as when you are temporarily granting access to another computer or camera.

Data Durability & Security

Every byte of data passing into Pro Mini is secured with enterprise-grade XTS-AES-256 encryption, and protected with hardware-accelerated RAID-6 data protection, allowing Pro Mini to safeguard your data even if an entire internal NAND flash chip fails. Encryption keys are stored in a hardware Secure Enclave, and locked by Passkeys, so that a lost or stolen device cannot reveal your private data, even if the drive is disassembled or plugged into a hacker’s computer.

Workflow Metadata

In addition to storing your secured and encrypted workflow data on the drive, and your customized Digital Label, Pro Mini can store customized workflow metadata that can be retrieved by iodyne’s iOS app through the NFC transponder, or viewed on a connected computer. Use Workflow Metadata to record times, dates, project codes, shipping locations, billing codes, and more. You can even connect Workflow Metadata with your own scripts and use it to drive automation in other tools.

iodyne App

Pair Fleet Management with our iOS “On Set” App to unlock even more Pro Mini functionality. View custom Workflow Metadata stored in your drive, and add busy drives to a real-time Watchlist that relays live workflow progress from your drive to your phone. Once your workflow is running, you can manage other tasks on-set while you receive real-time notifications.

Price & Availability

The iodyne Pro Mini will ship in Q1 2025. There is no current indication of pricing, but it won’t be cheap given the target audience it is being aimed at.