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Costco Wholesale has
Sandisk NVME Extreme Portable Solid State Drives on sale below.
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Features:
- Up to 1050MB/s Read Speed, 1000MB/s Write Speed
- Ruggedized - Water & Dust Resistant
- 256-bit AES Password Encryption
- Carabiner + 2-Year Recovery Software Subscription Included
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USB 3.1 Gen 2 has a max speed of 10Gbps (gigabits). That equals a theoretical max of 1.25GB/s (gigabytes) or 1250MB/s. Factor in 10-15% overhead for USB, which means that 1050/1000 MB/s is nearing the practical limit of the interface.
The drive inside is likely capable of higher speeds, but the USB interface is holding it back.
Example: I'm a photographer who travels sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away to shoot weddings, so I back up the cards via laptop to these SSDs the same night at the hotel.
Sometimes when I'm on vacation and it's a rainy day, I might stay in to cull weddings that may be as large as 300-400GB each. Hence, why I have multiple 2TB externals (some are SanDisk, some are NVMes slotted into a USB-C adapter).
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USB 3.1 Gen 2 has a max speed of 10Gbps (gigabits). That equals a theoretical max of 1.25GB/s (gigabytes) or 1250MB/s. Factor in 10-15% overhead for USB, which means that 1050/1000 MB/s is nearing the practical limit of the interface.
The drive inside is likely capable of higher speeds, but the USB interface is holding it back.
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It's a USB-C drive. New macbooks have 3 USB-C ports. You don't need anything else.
What would you expect the read speed to be out of curiosity? Keep in mind this is through a 10Gbps USB-C interface.
I have no purpose in buying. Oh wait! I have family pictures from Google Drive! I have a purpose now!
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Example: I'm a photographer who travels sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away to shoot weddings, so I back up the cards via laptop to these SSDs the same night at the hotel.
Sometimes when I'm on vacation and it's a rainy day, I might stay in to cull weddings that may be as large as 300-400GB each. Hence, why I have multiple 2TB externals (some are SanDisk, some are NVMes slotted into a USB-C adapter).
I have probably 1k .nef unedited family pictures from my other HDs that I should probably move. Used to shoot with a d90 5-8 years ago then I stopped.
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