amazon Kingston DataTraveler 2000 reviews
Design and compatibility
If you’ve ever used over the Kingston storage products such as USB and memory card, you will see how packed the Kingston DataTraveler 2000 very close, familiar. Products placed in a simple clear plastic blister, displays the entire design. The difference of this is the Kingston USB drive to gut the hull alone and separate into 2 parts, perhaps to “show off” unique keyboard parts inside. The parameters of capacity, connectivity standards, technologies, security, compatibility and using for the first time are printed on the plastic blister.
DataTraveler 2000 supports most Windows operating systems from Windows Vista and the latest Windows 10. There’s also Mac OS X, Linux, Chrome OS and Android via OTG cable and still have all the features.
Anyway, with a special USB on this, the writer still expect Kingston will pack it deserves more, similar to the way they did with the Kingston HyperX Predator USB 512GB
The Kingston DataTraveler crust exuding 2000 the premium for metal material sturdy and smooth paint. Kingston also choose fancy blue tones for the shell making it even more attractive, less boredom of the USB drive black, white and silver are often found.
Although quite long, but the width of the DataTraveler 2000 is still slim, not too bulky thrilling next to the USB port and plug comfortable enough other devices.
A more detailed attention on the Kingston USB drive is in its tail section also has a strap with hook-like material … bicycle brake core, very solid. At first, people thought that this was written decorative detail and catering for the hanging hooks into the USB keys. But USB lid closed again, I realized that the hook strap also serves as a handle, making assembly easier crust. Because once closed, the housing of the DataTraveler 2000 and sealed tight (to ensure water resistance to IP57 standard).
Keyboard parts on the DataTraveler 2000 are also meticulously processed with rubber keys, the good bounces, print clear, crisp, easy to manipulate and promises for durability.
More interesting is the built-in USB also a storage battery 40mAh to “adopt” the staging LED notifications and allows operation with numeric keypad without having to plug into a computer. Of course, the battery will automatically recharge whenever you plug DataTraveler 2000 into your PC or laptop .
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Security capabilities
Security mechanisms of the DataTraveler 2000 just through the integrated numeric keypad without having to install any software or drivers yet, convenient and accessible. Before you want to use the USB drive, users must enter a password to conduct the new USB and USB operation also locks itself again soon after pulled out of the computer.
According to Kingston, through unlocking mechanism through built-in keypad, not through their USB computers should not be harmful in front of the monitor keystrokes (keyloggers) based on the software / hardware or form of brute force attacks (trial and error). So if USB is lost or stolen, users can be assured that all data stored on the DT2000 is still safe and can not be accessed without authorization.
A particularly important note is DataTraveler 2000 only allows maximum password wrong 10 times. If the number is entered incorrectly, the USB will automatically reset to the default password and request full format when plugged into a computer. Therefore, it should be careful not to others “naughty”, “grope” your password, if not all data in it will “loss”.
Not only integrated security capabilities via the numeric keypad, the DataTraveler 2000 has the ability to encrypt data based on standard hardware 256-bit AES XTS mode on the entire drive and data protection technologies Datalock licensed from ClevX, LLC. Therefore, according to Kingston, remember to save your PIN in a safe place. If you lose or forget your PIN, no way to access the data stored on the USB drive.
Password on the DataTraveler 2000 are also strict regulations have lengths ranging from 7-15 digits. Not contain whole numbers only repeat, for example (3-3-3-3-3-3-3) and can not contain only whole numbers in a row, for example (1-2-3-4 -5-6-7), (7-8-9-0-1-2-3-4), (7-6-5-4-3-2-1).
Besides, Kingston setup also allows read-only mode, (against write / erase data) or self-locking mode (from 1 to 99 minutes) after a certain period of time even when not in use is being plugged into a computer, for maximum data security. And with this product, you should take the time to read the manual thoroughly versed in the use.
Operating speed
DataTraveler 2000 is built Gen 1 USB 3.1 (USB 3.0 equivalent) and in Kingston announced the 32GB version which we use have a maximum speed of 135MB / s read, 40MB / s write.
This USB drive manufacturers preset in NTFS format and 64-bit Windows 7 receiving capacity is 28.8 GB. The difference in size is quite normal due to the calculation of the size of the storage device manufacturers such as memory cards, USB hard drives a little different than the calculation of the operating system.
To test the speed of the Kingston DataTraveler 2000, we insert this USB drive into a USB 3.0 port and experiment with the Crystal DiskMark benchmark software, HD Tach and HD Tune Pro. Besides, we also conduct real test by performing two tests, copying files. The first test performed on MKV video file formats heavy 3GB. The second test performed on the 748MB folder containing 247 heavy JPG files.
Results returned from Crystal DiskMark very good software to show the speed of the DataTraveler 2000 is the highest 150.1 MB / sec read and 47.3 MB / sec recorded in the test read / write files sequentially (simulator work copy or write files on USB), while the lowest was 13.27 MB / s read and 4,852 MB / s when the test recording random access speed (emulator for accessing low capacity files stored on USB scattered or rewind time back and forth while watching movies, listening to music).
HD Tach results measured with very positive. Average read speed of up to 140.4 MB / s, random access time of 0.2 ms and only data transfer rate also hit a good 154.6 MB / s.
HD Tune Pro software, the average read speed of the DataTraveler 2000 is also very fine, up to 135.6 MB / s, random access time just 0.288 ms, data transfer rate reached 44.2 MB / s .
In actual testing, when done copy files from the computer to the DataTraveler 2000 to test the write speed of the USB drive, in the first test speed recorded was 42 MB / s and speed tests Monday receive is 39 MB / s. Each test we performed 5 times and then take the results averaged to obtain the most accurate results.
Still in all the real test, when done copying files from a computer DataTraveler 2000 to test the read speed of the USB drive, the speed achieved is 104 MB / s for the first test and 92 MB / s with Monday test.
Through the above test, we can see KingstonDataTraveler 2000 good performance, close to the speed with which the manufacturer announced even higher in some cases. During our testing, this USB drive stable performance, no delay in the process of retrieving data.
Conclude
Security on USB is a matter of urgency, especially for those users who frequently have to store important data and sensitive.
The approach of the Kingston DataTraveler 2000 security through numeric keypad without having to add any software for friendly and intuitive to use. Besides, this USB high speed, suitable for the transmission of large amounts of data. Sturdy crust along dustproof, waterproof.