Crucial 4TB X9 Pro USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable External Solid State Drive

Routefinder

Nov 23, 2023 9:21 PM

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RoutefinderNov 23, 2023 9:21 PM

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[QUOTE=TrekieSaver;167158054I just make backups of important files and pictures across all 3 drives for redundancy.[/QUOTE]
We can find this guy doesn't know about the difference between HDD and SSD. Guys?
Do not store important DATA in SSD.

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Routefinder

Nov 23, 2023 9:22 PM

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Quote from surprisedeal

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This or Samsung t7 shield?

Of course T7.

wowotoe

Nov 23, 2023 9:24 PM

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Quote from in5ane

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What is the use case for these SSDs? I was told by a storage guy at work SSD is not the way to go for archiving pictures/media. What are you folks using these for?

If you don't need the extra storage, then this is probably not the product for you. It's easier for you to archive the pictures/videos to the cloud

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Routefinder

Nov 23, 2023 9:28 PM

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Quote from seanleeforever

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It is not ideal for long term storage, but that talking about decade vs decades, and only apply if you are in a power off state.

You may lose some DATA if SSD is not powered on over 1 year. It's proved already by many researches.

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Routefinder

Nov 23, 2023 9:34 PM

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Quote from SiennaPlant9626

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SLC>MLC>TLC>QLC.

In terms of regular uses it make no difference as lonng as the controller is good at correcting errors.

A 4TB QLC will last a few hundreds TB of writes. Average life time use by regular users is below 10 TB.

There are no more SLC and MLC drives. Are you from 10 years ago?

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yapchagi

Nov 23, 2023 9:58 PM

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Quote from Zankapfel

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I think the Samsung is a better drive. Currently available at Samsung with EPP (or AAA) discount for $179.99. Also some chase cards have 15% or 20% back offers for Samsung.

Thanks for this. I totally forgot about the AAA discount. Bought samsung T7 for $179.99.

SDSummerDay

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Quote from Routefinder

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Don't forget. These days, nobody's using portable SSDs. Many people are using portable NVMe. Because
NVMe is faster and smaller than 2.5" SSD. NVMe is so cheap too. Are you guys still using portable SSDs? Holy...

SSD is a type of storage device containing nonvolatile flash memory. this is in contrast to volatile flash memory like SRAM or DRAM.
some of the storage interface protocol standard are: IDE, AHCI/SATA, SAS, NVMe.

you are confusing a protocol to a physical type of storage. this is akin to confuse USB C to USB 3 (i.e. they are not strictly related, a USB C could be USB 2 or USB 4, just like Sata could be SATA spinning drive, SATA tape drive, or SATA solid state drive.)

the flash memory inside of a SATA SSD, is the exact same flash memory inside of NVMe SSD. what differ is the interface standard and controller. a NVMe is a type of SSD. it is not replacement of SSD, it is replacement of SATA.

Last edited by seanleeforever November 23, 2023 at 03:49 PM.

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tebasaki

Nov 23, 2023 11:01 PM

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Can you edit 4k video on this?

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roadrun777

Nov 24, 2023 9:25 AM

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Quote from dealmeister3000

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You could have just fired up those HDDs once a year for a little bit. Letting a mechanical motor sit for a decade and a half isn't going to result in good things. Your data is probably just quietly sitting there enjoying a little bit of bit rot but not much else. Should be recoverable... besides the bit rot.

Expensive... but recoverable.

I don't think it's bit rot, most likely it was the humidity. Worked in Data Centers for 20+ years, and we also vacuum packed the HD's going into storage with a little water absorption packet. Of course SSD's won't be affected by humidity.

Just to add to the strangeness of peoples observations here, if you do vacuum seal your HDD it will almost 99.9% work when you go to unseal it and test it.
Just any old cheap vacuum sealer would do.

Last edited by roadrun777 November 24, 2023 at 01:32 AM.

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lennox5150

Nov 24, 2023 10:29 AM

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https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Pr...hdGY&psc=1

asuka

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Quote from tebasaki

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Can you edit 4k video on this?

Usually. You'll want a USB 3.2 Gen 2 PC for 10 Gbps to work. Otherwise you'll get bottlenecked to 5 Gbps.

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coreyyok

Nov 26, 2023 3:36 AM

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Quote from surprisedeal

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This or Samsung t7 shield?

The X9 is slightly faster, X9 is rugged, X9 is (38g) and smaller dimensions than T7 (98g), and both are TLC. The X9 vs. T7 is close, but the X9 wins in most all aspects.

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78StayUpLate

Nov 27, 2023 4:01 AM

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Quote from Routefinder

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Don't forget. These days, nobody's using portable SSDs. Many people are using portable NVMe. Because
NVMe is faster and smaller than 2.5" SSD. NVMe is so cheap too. Are you guys still using portable SSDs? Holy...

USB 3.1's 10 Gbps is faster than my SATA SSD can push out (6 Gbps)... but SATA III speed is more than enough for my backups and 95% of my use. Blind test, and you likely can't tell the difference between SATA III and NVME as an OS drive, although obviously it will matter if you are moving around very large files or actively bench marking.

There's a valid argument that NVME is better in terms of availability (and newer tech), and pricing is competitive for the same amount of storage... assuming you are buying an enclosure that's reliable and just swapping out drives, then sure, NVME is a better choice. But if you are shopping for an all in one that you never plan to open up, most external drives on the market are still running SATA III SSD and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that; many computers are limited to USB 3.1 speed anyway and not everyone is chasing the latest build spec.

It's always nice to have faster, assuming equally reliable and competitively priced. But I think you miss the point of diminishing returns if someone doesn't need the speed, or can't use it at all until they buy a new computer (ignoring arguments of future proofing, which are likely moot anyway since you'll be able to get double the capacity for half the price by the time they buy a new computer anyway).

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