I like fast writes since I'm impatient. Fast reads are usually a given if you have fast writes. However, I'm not looking for a physically large or $400 USB flash drive either.I'm pretty sure I've seen >100MB/s with spinning disks and USB 3 (reads rather than writes).
Stereodude, what aspects of performance are important to you? Reads vs writes, large files vs small files?
I'm a little confused. I've found benchmarks showing the Nobility N005 is a dog with small files, and others that show it's respectable.
Many of the flash drives are going from 2-bits to 3-bits per cell MLC.
What you would like to get when you buy a fast USB 3.0 flash drive: (Samsung 850 Pro 128GB in USB 3.0 enclosure)
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Writes are faster via the eSATA interface as well. The QD32 4k writes are just as fast as the upper two with SATA II. I'm not sure why USB 3.0 is slower on that test.Interesting that the writes are quicker with the 4K tests...
Probably not as reliable as the Samsung which is a standard SSD.How reliable are the USB flash drives though?
How reliable are the USB flash drives though?
What happens after 12-18 months? You start to have data integrity issues or they fail to do anything when you plug them into a PC?Mine definitely get loved to death. I suspect I get 12 - 18 months out of the high capacity drives I carry around for system images and data transfers. I have a small pile of dead soldiers I need to send back to Sandisk or Lexar right now.
What you would like to get when you buy a fast USB 3.0 flash drive: (Samsung 850 Pro 128GB in USB 3.0 enclosure)
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Whenever I have a decent amount of money to my name, I need to take a good long look at these and decide whether one of these are worth my time or should I just get a USB 3 external hard drive and call it good.
I'm using this one. It seems okay so far. I'm not sure about the UASP support though. It seems Windows 7 doesn't natively support it. I didn't look on the CD that came with the enclosure to see what's on it.Which external USB 3.0 enclosure are you using? Likes/Dislikes/etc?
I need to revise this statement. The enclosure did not come with a CD. The Samsung SSD did and I got them mixed up in my head.I didn't look on the CD that came with the enclosure to see what's on it.
I picked up a Sandisk Extreme CZ80 64gB stick for $28 during the black Friday promotions from Amazon. I haven't benchmarked it myself yet, but the CDM screenshots in the customer images at Amazon show it's quite respectable in the writing department.
I picked up a Sandisk Extreme CZ80 64gB stick for $28 during the black Friday promotions from Amazon. I haven't benchmarked it myself yet, but the CDM screenshots in the customer images at Amazon show it's quite respectable in the writing department.