Since some time ago when "storage is cheap" was trendy, I have been thinking about the question of physical boundaries of data storage, i.e. how many Terabytes can be fit in a square (cubic?) centimetre? Do we know?
SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
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Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have to admit I still don't really know what thunderbolt even is. I think it's something that is done over USB-C, and requires hardware support on the CPU. I'm guessing it's one search query + a one minute read away though. I just haven't.
It’s a PCIe tunnelling protocol, sort of. The other simpler one is Oculink. Most of the time you could do the same thing with USB <4 without slowdown.
Does Oculink have any special sauce to it? I was under the impression it presented itself as regular old PCI-e and it is really "just" a cabling solution.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
These days most of them seem to work just fine on Linux, Windows, and Mac. I use several brands across all 3 and never had an issue. I like the DOCKCASE Visual Smart ($40) or Explorer Edition ($50). They have large capacitors to provide 10 seconds of power loss protection, support 10Gbps USB speeds, and have a second USB port just for power which makes it compatible with SSD's that draw a lot of power. I like the inf…
Which filesystem do you use that handles large disks and can be mounted by Linux, Windows, and Mac?
The exFAT suggested below is really not resilient enough that I could trust GBs of data on it. Easily gets corrupted.
If you don't need to use it on Mac/Windows, use a FS like BTRFS with checksumming feature.
Don't use any FS that doesn't have checksum feature as silent bitrot is real.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#104Someone please copy the yubikey 5c form factor but make it a flash drive. I've been looking for years for a small, durable, usb type-c flashdrive for my keychain but nothing comes close to the yubikey 5c. The 5c has the metal ring so it won't ever rip off my keychain, the hole is large enough to fit a solid metal ring through it, and it is small enough that I can keep it on my keychain and use it without stressing my…
Kingston makes this product line for many years which meets the requirements I think
https://www.kingston.com/en/usb-flash-drives/datatraveler-dt...
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#105I've pretty much stopped using 'stick' type storage for anything >256MB, as regardless of brand and series, my experience is that these thingies overheat under anything but light write usage, and either slow to a crawl or drop off the USB bus entirely before my copy is finished. 'Credit card' sized SSDs are not that much more inconvenient to carry and store, and don't exhibit any of these issues for me. And the therm…
NVMe enclosure are cheap, mine is a ugreen supporting usb 3.2 gen2 and i paid less than 20 euro. Put any kind of half decent nvme in it covered by one of those cheap heat dissipator.
And not for nothing, the SSDs that GP is describing are exactly this - NVME sticks with a USB/Thunderbolt interface and some kind of usually aluminum enclosure with a layer of thermal conductive material.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#106Someone please copy the yubikey 5c form factor but make it a flash drive. I've been looking for years for a small, durable, usb type-c flashdrive for my keychain but nothing comes close to the yubikey 5c. The 5c has the metal ring so it won't ever rip off my keychain, the hole is large enough to fit a solid metal ring through it, and it is small enough that I can keep it on my keychain and use it without stressing my…
Kingston makes this product line for many years which meets the requirements I think https://www.kingston.com/en/usb-flash-drives/datatraveler-dt...
That's close, but is USB-A, so much larger than the Yubikey GP is asking about.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#107I've pretty much stopped using 'stick' type storage for anything >256MB, as regardless of brand and series, my experience is that these thingies overheat under anything but light write usage, and either slow to a crawl or drop off the USB bus entirely before my copy is finished. 'Credit card' sized SSDs are not that much more inconvenient to carry and store, and don't exhibit any of these issues for me. And the therm…
The SanDisk Extreme Pro is the best I've found for USB sticks (not to be confused with the "Extreme Go" which looks very similar and sucks). Just be aware that there are a lot of knockoffs, so be careful of where you source and test the speed of a large file copy (along with checksumming the contents) right after purchasing. The real drives always have a metal enclosure as well, which helps.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
The best I have found so far with good specs is the "sandisk SanDisk ultra dual drive go". The spinny thing is super annoying but you can glue it in place if you don't need the type-A. It's a bit bigger than the yubikey, but it's smaller than the other alternatives.
That's the one that I use now! I'm weary of the spinny kind because with other brands/models the outer spinner has ripped off the flash drive, but at least so far I haven't had that issue with the "SanDisk ultra dual drive go". The only modification I've had to do to it so far is lubricating the spinny bit because it was all grindy and rough.
when I realised I never use the type-A, I glued it in place with epoxy. Now I don't have to worry about it breaking.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#109"up to 1 TB capacity... starting launch price is $15.99" I have adblock, how did this SanDisk commercial make it through?
Note that the $15.99 is for the 64 GB version. The 1 TB version sells for above $100.
Considering 1TB sandisk ssds (which have notoriously had high failure rates) were around 100 for 1TB for a while is pretty impressive they got it into that form factor. I wouldn't trust them for anything important though.
Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB
#110I was foolish enough to buy SanDisk. SanDisk flashdrives get extremely hot and die in months. The warranty process is time consuming and tedious. I stick to Samsung flashdrives now.
Yep, my SanDisk SSD died, was one that had the bad firmware but supposedly a fixed revision. They did RMA it but took about a month. Only using that now for Ventoy, can't really trust it for anything else. Also annoying is they wanted a serial number that they silk-screened on in tiny letters matte black on black.
Quick edit: Wasn't a fake either, was bought direct.