A process for preparing a lyophilized material, providing a container having a penetrable envelope and containing the material in a carrier liquid, whereby the penetrable region is penetrated with a penetrator which provides a conduit through the envelope, and the carrier liquid id evaporated out of the container via the conduit, after which the penetrator is withdrawn. The apparatus has a first plurality of IO ports, a second IO port, and link training logic. Each module operates upon messages according to module properties, and is able to communicate using event messages. Further, a corresponding system is proposed. The method further includes etching the layered metal and insulator materials in a single etching process to form the beam structure, such that edges of the layered metal and insulator material are aligned. To that end, stored encrypted data is converted in the storage system with new set of cryptographic criteria.