16TB SSD Drive...
Jun 4, 2022 18:03:56 #
Newegg advertised a 16 TB SSD drive for $30.00 last month.
Seeing the price and being really curious about it, I purchased it.
It arrived today. According to windows, it is indeed a 16 TB drive.
I am putting it through it paces, meaning I filling it with data to check if it does hold all of this reliably.
It maybe a compression trick as Microsoft used in their DVDs when you installed Windows 10. I will update you in a few hours, if not a couple of days.
Note: This item is non longer available on the website.
Seeing the price and being really curious about it, I purchased it.
It arrived today. According to windows, it is indeed a 16 TB drive.
I am putting it through it paces, meaning I filling it with data to check if it does hold all of this reliably.
It maybe a compression trick as Microsoft used in their DVDs when you installed Windows 10. I will update you in a few hours, if not a couple of days.
Note: This item is non longer available on the website.
Jun 4, 2022 18:05:50 #
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Jun 4, 2022 18:36:52 #
Wow. Kind of scary in a way. With that much storage capacity, there is just that much more data that could be lost.
Jun 4, 2022 19:06:52 #
I purchased one too. It works fine on a powered USB hub, but won't work at all plugged into my Surface Go, my 'net consumption device. I'm now considering powered hubs near my two Gos.
Jun 4, 2022 19:24:58 #
Laramie wrote:
I purchased one too. It works fine on a powered USB hub, but won't work at all plugged into my Surface Go, my 'net consumption device. I'm now considering powered hubs near my two Gos.
Did you check to see how much data you can stuff into it?
And read back later?
Jun 4, 2022 19:36:58 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Did you check to see how much data you can stuff into it?
And read back later?
And read back later?
I will try later...
Will have to wait a looooooong time.
I am transferring 500GB and it says... More than a day before the task is complete.
I guess this is only usable as a long permanent storage device, nothing else. There is space for a life time there... Same as the wait to write it all!
Jun 4, 2022 19:39:06 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Did you check to see how much data you can stuff into it?
And read back later?
And read back later?
I have not. I'll have to robocopy a big directory over, see how it is.
Jun 4, 2022 19:43:46 #
It's worth mentioning that the device has no markings on it, nor does the box. I thought it suspicious, but when plugged into my powered USB hub, Win11 happily reported the drive as 15+T, 16T-formatting.
Jun 4, 2022 19:55:33 #
There's one for $38.57 now, as well as $112.53 from lMiss Ko Electronics.
Ships from China. 7-32 days.
I wonder how much "extra software" may come with them.
Ships from China. 7-32 days.
I wonder how much "extra software" may come with them.
Jun 4, 2022 20:11:52 #
About 2 years ago there was advertised a 2TByte thumb drive for a low price. Someone bought one and tried to load it up. As I recall they reported that it reported 2TBytes when plugged in, but it took about 1 GByte or thereabouts after which it started to overwrite data. Apparently had some driver software that reported lots of memory but actual capacity was small.
For that reason I was suspicious of a 16TByte drive for $30.
For that reason I was suspicious of a 16TByte drive for $30.
Jun 4, 2022 20:12:53 #
The fact that it reports as 16TB doesn’t mean that it actually is 16TB. Windows is just looking at the identification data of the drive. Try running Chkdsk or Scandsk on it, and see what Windows says then. Even if the device holds 16TB (which is HIGHLY unlikely), at 5MB/sec, it’s useless. Folded paper tape is faster than that 😱. Looking forward to seeing your results…
Jun 4, 2022 20:19:01 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
About 2 years ago there was advertised a 2TByte thumb drive for a low price. Someone bought one and tried to load it up. As I recall they reported that it reported 2TBytes when plugged in, but it took about 1 GByte or thereabouts after which it started to overwrite data. Apparently had some driver software that reported lots of memory but actual capacity was small.
For that reason I was suspicious of a 16TByte drive for $30.
For that reason I was suspicious of a 16TByte drive for $30.
I remember that now that you mentioned it!
Jun 4, 2022 22:32:27 #
Format is exFAT. I just reformatted it to NTFS.
Now let's load something again... Still says 15TB +.
Speed now varies from 1 MB/s to 8...
More than one day to copy 500GB...
Now let's load something again... Still says 15TB +.
Speed now varies from 1 MB/s to 8...
More than one day to copy 500GB...
Jun 4, 2022 23:20:18 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
Had a similar experience with a ridiculous low priced tiny external SSD from Amazon.
Exact same experience you Showed full rated capacity BUT began overwriting original files...
Exact same experience you Showed full rated capacity BUT began overwriting original files...
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