TerraMaster D1 SSD Pro launches with Thunderbolt 5 speed and a fanless aluminum design
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Internal storage is fast, but external typically isn't as fast. The SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD changes things, though. It may well be the best portable drive we've ever seen. https://www.pickr.com.au/reviews/2025/sandisk-extreme-pro-portable-ssd-usb4 #accessories #computers #reviews #externalstorage #recommended #sandisk #ssd #typec #usb #wd #westerndigital
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If you need a lot of storage to go, WD's latest additions could have you covered, as the company hits 6 terabytes in a portable design. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2024/wds-portable-hard-drives-hit-6tb #computers #news #externalstorage #storage #wd
Whether you have a PC or Mac, it's important to keep your computer in the best condition. What can you do to keep it lasting for years? https://www.pickr.com.au/how-to/2024/how-to-keep-your-computer-in-top-notch-condition #apple #computers #howto #microsoftwindows #backup #externalstorage #laptopprotection #memory #storage
Not sure if your computer storage solution is doing your time justice? Samsung new drives on the way, whether you need to think about an internal or external approach. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2023/samsung-increases-ssd-speed-in-t9-external-990-internal #computers #news #externalstorage #samsung #ssd #storage
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OWC Launches the Mercury Elite Pro Mini: A Portable 4TB Storage Drive
Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Mercury Elite Pro mini, a new bus-powered compact and portable storage drive that emulates the design of its larger desktop storage solution.
OWC touts the Mercury Elite Pro mini as a tiny powerhouse that offers creative professionals, including photographers, the benefits of speed and universal USB-C connectivity in a compact interface that provides up to 4TB of storage capacity and 542 MB/s performance speeds. The design of the mini is meant to emulate OWC's desktop-sized Mercury Elite Pro, which it calls a “sibling” device.
The Mercury Elite Pro mini includes a USB-C cable with a tethered USB-A adapter that allows it to connect with basically any computing device: the company says it supports connections with past, present, and future Macs and PCs and iOS, Android, and Chrome OS devices.
In short, it can connect universally to any USB or Thunderbolt computer or device.
The Mercury Elite Pro mini is bus-powered, so like other popular travel drives, it doesn't require a separate power adapter. OWC indicates that it is fast enough to work as a streaming device as well, and can be used not just as a backup or work drive, but also can be used to watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures through a gaming console or directly attached to a smart TV. The OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini is compatible with Apple Time Machine and Windows File History as well as gaming consoles.
The compact storage device is fanless and therefore very quiet. It uses a heat-dissipating aircraft-grade aluminum housing and fanless venting to provide cool, nearly silent operation.
Like most OWC products, the Mercury Elite Pro mini comes in various configuration options. It is possible to buy just the housing itself with no storage drive, which allows users to input their own capacity at home. That option is of course the most affordable and is just $43. After that, it's a matter of deciding between a spinning disk or solid state. Spinning disk options are available in either 5400 RPM or 7200RPM, with the former in 1TB or 2TB options for $94 or $119, or 1TB in the latter for $129. These options are affordable, but won't provide the fast data transfer speeds OWC quotes above.
For that, the SSD options will be required and the company offers four configurations there: 480GB, 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB, which are available for $149, $229, $419, or $899 accordingly. All purchase options are available to peruse on OWC's website.
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The Sabrent Rocket 16TB Thunderbolt SSD Costs More Than Your PC
Sabrent has been producing high-capacity computer SSDs for some time, but its latest greatly expands the possible use cases outside of traditional PC builds. The new Rocket XTRM-Q is a 16 terabyte Thunderbolt and USB-C external SSD that promises single disk speeds of up to 1,500 MB/s.
While Sabrent has been producing external Thunderbolt drives for a while, it's a brand that is more well known for producing high-quality internal PC parts. That may change though, as it is making quite a statement with its latest external drive.
Announced on Twitter, the Sabrent Rocket is not actually a single 16 terabyte SSD but actually uses two 8 gigabyte M.2 NVe SSDs that can be configured into RAID 1 or RAID 0. So while it can get up to 1,500 MB/s per disk, if speed is a primary concern, a software RAID 0 configuration will provide up to 2,500 MB/s.
In a video highlighting the release, Sabrent shows that in RAID 0, the Rocket hits 2,752.6 MB/s write speeds and 2,178.1 MB/s read speeds. In Raid 1, that drops to 1,359.9 MB/s write speeds and 2,203.5 MB/s read speeds. That dip in performance might be worth it, however, as RAID 0 has no protection against data loss if one of the drives were to fail. In JBOD configuration (just a bunch of disks), the Rocket logged 1,347.5 MB/s write speeds and 1,421.9 MB/s read speeds.
The Rocket XTRM-Q works with both Windows and Mac computers and ships with both a Thunderbolt cable and power adapter. Physicaly, the Rocket is 4.5 x 2.56 x 0.68 inches (length by width by height), which is quite small for so much capacity. The two NVMe SSDs require more power than Sabrent appeared to be able to deliver with Thunderbolt, so it will require wall power in order to operate. The drive also needs to be toggled on and off from the exterior power button. So while the company says that it was designed with travel in mind, the need for the external power adapter and cable could be a turn-off for photographers and filmmakers who prefer to keep a compact kit.
Sabrent says that it can automatically detect USB or Thunderbolt 3 connections, offers USB transfer speeds of up to 900 MB/s, and has integrated temperature and health monitoring systems.
The drive itself is aluminum and ships with a rubberized removable exterior. The exterior material was chosen because of its ability to effeciently sink heat. There are two small LEDs on the side of the case that show the status of each SSD.
The convenience and functionality that the Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q offers do not come cheap, however. The drive costs a whopping $2,900. That might be more than most are willing to spend on storage, but from a value perspective, it's not bad when compared to Sabrent's 8 terabyte version which retails for $2,000 -- twice the storage space but not twice the cost is somewhat refreshing.
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Seagate Takes Top Honors in Backblaze’s 2020 Hard Drive Failure Report
Backblaze, one of the leading cloud storage and backup companies, has just released information on its hard drive failure rates throughout 2020, revealing which models fared better than others.
As noted by DPReview, Backblaze reports that 39,792 hard drives were added to its assortment in 2020 and by the end of the year, the number of drives under its management reached a total of 165,530. Out of those, 3,000 were boot drives and the rest of the 162,530 were hard drives. For this report, the company omitted 231 hard drives in its research as they were used for testing or if the company did not have at least 60 drives of a certain model.
The company explains that the reason for excluding boot drives from gathering this data is simply because their function is greatly different from that of a typical hard drive, however, if any useful data is gathered in the future, Backblaze intends to publish it. After all exclusions, the company was left with 162,299 hard drives that it used to compile the data below.
Somewhat unexpectedly, for drive models with over 250,000 drive days over the course of 2020, the Seagate 6TB drive (model ST6000DX000) led the way with a 0.23% annualized failure rate (AFR) despite it being the oldest model of all the drives listed on the table.
AFR refers to the estimated probability of a hard drive failure during a full year of use. While there are other drives that may show a lower failure rate, such as Toshiba, the number of drives tested was too low or the amount of time they have been active was too short to assume the AFR would be consistent over a larger number of drives. That said, Backblaze has high hopes.
"The new Toshiba 14TB drive (model: MG07ACA14TA) and the new Toshiba 16TB (model: MG08ACA16TEY) were introduced to our data centers in 2020 and they are putting up zeros, as in zero failures," the company writes. "While each drive model has only been installed for about two months, they are off to a great start."
Close runners up to Seagate were two HGST 4TB drives (models HMS5C4040ALE640 and HMS5C4040BLE640) with 0.27% AFR, followed by the 8TB drive (model HUH728080ALE600) at 0.29% AFR, and the 12TB drive (model HUH721212ALE600) at 0.31% AFR. An improvement compared to the year prior, the AFR for all of the models included in the 2020 report was 0.93% which was less than half the AFR for 2019 which stood at 1.89%.
So while Seagate led the way, just about everyone saw marked improvements.
Backblaze describes the notable improvement of AFR across the board as "a group effort." On one hand, older drives as a group -- which consists of 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, and 10TB capacity drives -- improved in 2020 by going from 1.35% AFR in the year prior to 0.96% AFR. On the other hand, 30,000 larger drives were added to the list -- of capacities 14TB, 16TB, and 18TB -- and as a group, they too improved to achieve 0.89% AFR. Overall, regardless of the drive capacity or its age, the improvements were visible throughout the entire range of different hard drive models in 2020.
Backblaze set a goal at the start of 2020 to diversify the drive models it offered, which came in useful later on when COVID-19 began affecting the world economy and consequently the supply chain. This particular tactic helped the company to navigate the market needs and limitations during a global pandemic. Although such extreme implications, like those experienced due to the global pandemic, couldn't have been predicted, Backblaze had already gone through a supply chain disruption in 2011 when severe flooding affected Thailand. Since then, particular attention was paid to improving supply strategies.
If you are interested in deep diving into all of the data collected, you can visit all previous Backblaze reports, ranging from 2013, on their statistics page. While it might not seem like something a non-Backblaze user would be interested in, these failure rate statistics are very useful in determining which drives to invest in for home or office use, especially for photographers who regularly have to expand storage in order to accommodate growing image libraries.
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