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External Storage-Travel
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:05 pm
by Rocky Sharwell
I am going to retire my ancient Passport USB 2.0 drives that I travel with for either large capacity Flash Drives or External SSD drives. I am thinking 2 512 GB units but might go 1TB is I found the right deal. Looking for any suggestions on what to look for and good/bad experiences w products
Thanks
Rocky
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:40 pm
by Andrew Mc
If you go the SSD route, you have the option of going a dedicated unit (like a Samsung T1 or T3) or getting a regular 2.5" SSD and putting it into a portable case. Might come down to price. I'd personally get 2 drives, for 2 copies of whatever you have.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:14 pm
by ahazeghi
I recommend SanDisk X400 1TB 2.5" SSD plus a slim USB3 enclosure from amazon ($25). It costs less than $300 and I get ~480MB/sec transfer rate on my MBA.
Re:
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:34 am
by Rocky Sharwell
ahazeghi wrote:I recommend SanDisk X400 1TB 2.5" SSD plus a slim USB3 enclosure from amazon ($25). It costs less than $300 and I get ~480MB/sec transfer rate on my MBA.
Thanks--the drives arrived yesterday and the enclosures will allegedly arrive today
Re: Re:
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 2:10 pm
by Rocky Sharwell
Rocky Sharwell wrote:ahazeghi wrote:I recommend SanDisk X400 1TB 2.5" SSD plus a slim USB3 enclosure from amazon ($25). It costs less than $300 and I get ~480MB/sec transfer rate on my MBA.
Thanks--the drives arrived yesterday and the enclosures will allegedly arrive today
I went with a slim enclosure from Startech-very simple