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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

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Post by Tuna-Fish »

deafpolygon wrote: post #49
piskov wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are still for any macbook pro with sd card slot. BaseQi or similar Nothing beats cheap storage like that and completely flush with the case

But how reliable is it? I've heard stories about how unreliable it is, and it's got me concerned.

It's a portable device, everything on it needs be backed up frequently in case of loss or theft anyway.

I just wanted more storage for media for when I'm not connected to my home setup and/or into a fast internet pipe, and also didn't want to pay apple 1000% margin for 2 commodity flash chips.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by AlexandrB »

abdusco wrote: post #71
nolok wrote: post #24

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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.

Any recommendations for >20gbit/s enclosures with passive cooling (that are also not huge)? I have a 10gbit/s enclosure and a 4TB gen4 nvme in it. It pains me to know that it could achieve >3GB/s write speeds but hindered by the interface.

Highly recommend this site: https://dancharblog.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/list-of-ssd-enc...

It's key to get an enclosure with a chipset that will support whatever interface your computer actually provides, otherwise a lot of these enclosures will fall back to USB-3 speeds for compatibility and things will be slow. This site gives a pretty good overview of the chipsets out there and pros/cons of each one.

I've had good experiences with Acasis[1] enclosures - they seem have a lot of aluminum surface area for dissipating heat - but I get the feeling that a lot of these things are very similar in practice since they're just slapping the same chipsets into different boxes.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Enclosure-Aluminum-External-Support-C...

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by varispeed »

nolok wrote: post #24
ZeroConcerns wrote: post #7

I'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.

How do you deal with chronic removal of drive before unmounting?

Are there any enclosures that hold charge to prevent data corruption in an event of sudden removal?

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by Yokolos »

jack_tripper wrote: post #17
Yokolos wrote: post #16

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I have two SSK USB sticks that give me write speeds of up to 1GB/s (as long as they're not filled to the brim). I've copied things like 80GB games in something like 2-3 minutes. A real SSD will always be best, but I'm pretty happy with these USB sticks.

The USB sticks you talk about are basically USB SSDs, not what we know as traditional thumb drives. I have a similar one too from HP(PNY), and it's crazy fast for its size, but the issue is its controller (ASMedia IIRC) reports it to the OS as a UAS (USB Attached SCSI), similar to an external HDD, instead of Removable Mass Storage as most thumb drives do, so you can't hot -plug/-unplug it, and that controller seems t…

I'm not sure what you mean by "so you can't hot -plug/-unplug it". If I use it in Windows or Linux, I can eject it like I can any standard non-SSD USB stick. I'm also not sure what issues you've been having with booting from them. I've occasionally used these things to boot Linux LiveCDs without issue. Might be a compatibility issue with your BIOS specifically? I've seen some messed up BIOS's that simply defy all expectation in how they work. Then again, I primarily only use these things to transfer data between machines (primarily games), so all I really care about is their performance.

I also preferably call them USB sticks instead of SSDs, since afaik TRIM isn't supported on them, which makes them significantly worse than any proper SSD.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by robertlagrant »

dotancohen wrote: post #33
nerdsniper wrote: post #28

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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?

ExFAT is becoming a good option on all three. Windows and MacOS have native support, and more and more Linux distros are getting support as well I believe.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

energy123 wrote: post #50

One would hope the durability of this is keeping pace with the capacity. If not, what is the niche? The 1TB is an enticement to use this for more than shuffling files from place to place. But absent the durability I would not want to do that.

Personally, I’ve long wanted a USB flash drive large enough to store my full movie collection. Traditional external hard drives are too cumbersome to use on e.g. public transit. By contrast, it’s possible to plug in a flash drive and still actually use my laptop on my lap.

If the drive died, I wouldn’t care too much (beyond the cost of replacing the drive), because the master copy of my collection would still be at home. (And of course I have other backups besides.)

The thing is, 1 TB is actually too small to make this work. I’d really need 4 TB.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by jedberg »

jqpabc123 wrote: post #2

Plug and stay Hopefully, this has been tested for durability and some MTBF specs are available to prove it. Otherwise, buyer beware. EDIT: I couldn't find any MBTF specs so I looked up the "limited warranty" for this product. There is no warranty of uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Obviously the solution is to get two, one on each side of your laptop, and set them up as mirrors of each other. Then your laptop looks more balanced and you can survive a failure!

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by craftkiller »

Someone 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 usb type c ports.

https://resources.yubico.com/53ZDUYE6/at/cm85k8947jm9g32znfs...

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