Pro Mini has three modes for initial configuration: Basic, Secure, and Managed. This article will briefly describe the benefits of each mode, and workflows where they best fit.
Basic
This configuration creates a single RAID-6 storage container that is encrypted, but not protected by a password. This one container will provide all of the capacity of your device (4TB or 8TB) and be formatted with the filesystem native to your operating system: APFS for macOS, or NTFS for Windows.
You'll be able to connect your Pro Mini to any Mac, Windows or Linux computer and see your files, even if iodyne software has not been installed on that computer.
Basic mode is best used when connecting Pro Mini to a device that expects or requires a mass storage device for reading or writing, such as a video camera.
If you need to change the filesystem format of your Basic container, you can use your computer's Disk Utility to erase and reformat the contents of Pro Mini at any time.
Secure
A Secure configuration allows for multiple containers to be created, and protected by:
- an inherited device password,
- a custom password assigned when each container is created, or
- no password at all, as with Basic mode, above
Containers protected with a password require iodyne Utility or the iodyne phone app to unlock access. Since container data is always encrypted, anyone who does not have a password will not be able to see your files.
When creating a container, alternate filesystems or no filesystem (raw) may be assigned to containers for different applications or workflows. So with multiple containers, Secure mode also offers the ability to create more complex configurations, such as an APFS filesystem for macOS and an NTFS filesystem for Windows, each sharing a portion of the space of your Pro Mini device.
Managed
Managed mode integrates your Pro Mini with a fleet of drives connected to iodyne Cloud to provision devices by project, control access through passkeys assigned to the people in your team. Multiple containers may be provisioned, as above in Secure mode. Encrypted containers can now be unlocked with passkeys by using an NFC tap on the Pro Mini from the iodyne phone app.
Summary
Pro Mini configurations are flexible, providing different levels of protection, container provisioning, and management. Feel free to experiment with each mode to find one that works with your environment, or reconfigure any time by selecting Erase Device… from the Devices menu.