More security-aware customers-- or simply those wanting to live the secret agent dream-- can now get self-destructing SSDs courtesy of British storage maker Secure Drives, specifically the Autothysis 128s and 128t.

The two drives offer 128GB of storage together with automatic 256-bit hardware-level encryption. Oh, and they can be remotely wiped clean of data before self destruction via either SMS kill message or optional tap-to-destroy token.

Self-destruction also takes place in case of removal from PC, too many PIN prompt failures, low battery level or too quiet signal from the built-in GSM radio. The Autothysis 128s also features a companion smartphone app providing a command centre and, yes, another means for self-destruction.

Synology announces the DiskStation DS415+-- an Atom-powered 4-bay NAS server designed for SMB customers allowing users to centralise data storage, backup and file sharing.

It carries a 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Atom processor, AES-NI hardware encryption engine, floating-point unit and 2GB DDR3 RAM. Connectivity comes through USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and eSATA, as well as dual LAN ports for failover and link aggregation duties.

The four drive bays handle "huge amounts of storage capacity," the company says.

The DS415+ is also energy efficient-- it uses 46.2W during peak usage and only 17.3W during hibernation. Performance clocks at average reading and writing speeds of 228MB/s and 233MB/s respectively with link aggregation enabled, while encrypted file transfer reach 232MB/s read and 206MB/s write.

HGST announces it is now shipping the 8TB Ultrastar He8 and the 6TB Ultrastar 7K6000 HDDs as it starts sampling what it claims is the first 10TB HDD for cloud and cold storage applications in the world.

Also in sampling stage is the Ultrastar SN100 NVMe PCI SSD range, with capacities of up to 3.2TB in HH-HL add-in card ad 2.5-inch formats.

The Ultrastar He8 is the 2nd generation HGST helium-filled HDD, with a sealed, helium-filled enclosure enabling lower power consumptions and higher density storage while demanding less rack space. Based on mainstream perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR), the Ultrastar He8 is ideal for wider operating environments such as ambient datacentres.

Meanwhile the Ultrastar 76000 delivers 1.2TB per disk in a 5-disk storage solution, with an air-based platform ideal for traditional and rapidly growing scale-out storage applications, including object, block and file storage architectures.

Seagate claims it is the first storage vendor shipping 8TB HDDs designed for scale-out data infrastructures in need of supersized capacity, energy-efficiency and low total cost of ownership (TCO).

According to the company the drives are ideal for cloud, object storage and  backup disaster recovery storage.

"As our world becomes more mobile, the number of devices we use to create and consume data is driving an explosive growth in unstructured data," Seagate says. "This places increased pressure on cloud builders to look for innovative ways to build cost-effective, high capacity storage for both private and cloud-based data centers."