External storage is still neglected by far too many. Considering it is the key ingredient of data loss at all levels, it’s cost sits comfortably in the billions. Millions of people lose personal and business data daily and perhaps one of the key reasons is the belief that this is typically a business or enterprise problem. At the human level, …
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Apricorn Aegis NVX 1TB Secure SSD Review – Rock Solid Data Security at 1000MB/s Transfer Speeds Finally!
Over the years, we have compiled several SSD reviews that might not be the norm to most; secure SSDs. We aren’t speaking of software contained portable SSDs that enable one to activate that devices hardware encryption, but rather, those that don’t rely on software, those that cannot be broken into and even if someone could, those that are filled solid …
Read More »Samsung T7 Shield 10Gbps Portable SSD Review – 4TB of External Storage Goodness
Sometimes small things surprise us. Samsung just pulled this off with their newest T7 Shield which has just been released in a massive 4TB capacity. You see… this is not typical of Samsung to push out such high capacity storage as it goes against their business model. I know this as I had a very lengthy conversation with Samsung in …
Read More »Secure Data SecureDrive KP 1TB Encrypted Portable SSD Review – FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certified
We have reviewed several security-positioned portable SSDs over the years and one of the most common things we get is that companies are awaiting their FIPS certification. This doesn’t speak negative to the product being reviewed whatsoever but, when we get a truly certified product in hand, it is nice. Today, we are looking at the Secure Data SecureDrive KP …
Read More »ADATA SE900G RGB USB 3.2 20Gbps External SSD Review
There seems to be much confusion with respect to USB speeds these days, and it’s all the result of the newest USB 3.2 Gen 2 design. The standard for the newest USB release is USB 3.2 Gen 2 which will attain data transfer speed of 10Gbps (1GB/s) with newer compatible systems. A step up from that is USB 3.2 Gen …
Read More »Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 to NVMe M.2 SSD Tool-Free Enclosure (EC-T3NS) Review
Tool-Free. We happened to read this this in both our first dual enclosure review that we had posted earlier, as well as that of which we are about to post. That is so key in manufacturing portable SSD enclosures and, at least I can admit I have spent hours looking for that small SSD screw that just fell on the …
Read More »Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 to Dual NVMe M.2 SSD Tool-Free Enclosure Review (EC-T3DN)
On our test Bench today is the Sabrent Rugged Thunderbolt 3 to Dual NVMe M.2 SSD Tool-Free Enclosure. It is a bit different than most as it allows one to install and work with two M.2 SSDs, vice one. Unlike similar Thunderbolt 3 enclosures, the user has the ability two create and use logical drives from two SSDs, during which …
Read More »UPDATED – WD_Black P50 Game Drive Portable SSD – USB 3.2 Gen 2 (20Gbps) SSD Reaches 2GB/s Transfer Speeds
UPDATED – This report has been updated as, during our first report of the WD_Black P50, we had observed very low and inconsistent data transfer patterns in our true data testing. As a result of that first report, Western Digital sent new firmware and stated that new products would be shipped with the new firmware and product owners would be …
Read More »SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable V2 Portable SSD Review – The Thunderbolt 3 Alternative
I didn’t know that! We might bet you will be saying that on conclusion of this report as, for some reason, USB 3.2 Gen 2 20Gb/s is being overlooked by the storage industry. The industry standard for all that is consumer portable storage speeds has settled at USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s (1GB/s transfer speed) while the ‘Feast Du Jour’ …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket Pro Portable SSD Review (4TB)
Perhaps the one thing that Sabrent has done best in the SSD industry is to fill the void that many would not. They struck hard on entry with capacities that many might not chance, jumping into QLC well ahead of the curve, and then marketing PCIe 4.0 performance at what appeared to be the perfect time. And if you are …
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