2 TB for photo storage on a tiny stick?
Apr 27, 2020 10:53:15 #
jbk224 wrote:
I hope you do..but...they may in fact hold what they were advertised to hold. I heard nothing about speed. The old adage remains....'You get what you pay for'.
'Know what you are paying for' is a far more useful piece of advice than 'You get what you pay for'. Or you may pass up incredible deals simply because you thought the price wasn't high enough.
Apr 27, 2020 11:08:03 #
Bridges wrote:
Ok, testing done, I'm out of here with these thing... (show quote)
You'll get your refund. EBay's good about that. But that's why I don't shop eBay, because most of the stuff they have on there are too good to be true. And as the old saying goes if it sounds too good to be true, it is, run from it
Apr 27, 2020 11:27:17 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
When they die, you can't recover them, make a copy or you will be sorry
Apr 27, 2020 11:40:21 #
I am always up for trying something new in terms of tech. I have purchased 1tb and 2tb flash drives. Very short life span. In one case I was able to write about 500 gb. Went to add more later and it was corrupted. I could access about 50% of what I had put there. I performed a low level reformat, it helped but once got above 700 gb the same thing happened. It is just not ready yet in my opinion.
Apr 27, 2020 12:01:52 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
dbjazz wrote:
Flash drives are notoriously unreliable. I have had many just die. They all ultimately fail if used often. I would not trust one for permanent storage and never with all of my photos.
I agree, based upon my personal experience. I use USB flash/thumb drives for storing and moving files/programs/pictures between computers. But never for long term storage of anything I don't have as a backup on another computer or drive. USB drives do not have a reputation for safe long term storage of important information or photos.
Apr 27, 2020 13:01:17 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
Bridges wrote:
Did anyone else see the ad and purchase the 2 TB t... (show quote)
Keeping a lot of data on a thumb (flash) drive isn't the best idea long-term in any case. They crash too. They also break, get dropped, lost, etc. A Flash drive should not be the only place your important data lives.
Apr 27, 2020 13:13:26 #
kenabr
Loc: S.E.Wisconsin
domcomm wrote:
I got 2 of them for $7 (BOGO) and they have worked fine so far.
If you watch the video about the review of these drives you would see that there is no way that they can make a 2TB stick drive for that price. The reviewer claims one costs several thousand dollars. The one he tested shows 2TB when you open it but when you start filling it up you find files missing , and videos cut off before done. He says they are closer to 16GB in capacity.
Apr 27, 2020 13:22:43 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
Another issue is the wisdom of entrusting that much data to ANY one single medium. Spreading data over multiple media means you don't lose EVERYTHING if that one medium fails.
It's common sense that goes way back. In hard drive terms the saying has been "How much data do you want to entrust on one spindle".
One giant drive, flash or hard, is riskier than using multiple smaller ones.
Just because it is possible to make super-large drives, it doesn't mean they are the best strategy. Unless you are backing them up regularly.
It's common sense that goes way back. In hard drive terms the saying has been "How much data do you want to entrust on one spindle".
One giant drive, flash or hard, is riskier than using multiple smaller ones.
Just because it is possible to make super-large drives, it doesn't mean they are the best strategy. Unless you are backing them up regularly.
Apr 27, 2020 14:17:05 #
If you want a legitimate 2TB flash storage device, look at the Sandisk portable SSD drives. They're not $40 but they are reliable and fast. There is no free lunch!!
Apr 27, 2020 14:21:33 #
PS - I have all my critical data backed up on mirrored on duplicate LaCie Raid5 network storage devices. One is at my studio/business and 1 is at my house. I figure I can't more secure than that. I'd use the cloud but my files are too numerous and too large.
Apr 27, 2020 14:33:26 #
rochephoto wrote:
PS - I have all my critical data backed up on mirrored on duplicate LaCie Raid5 network storage devices. One is at my studio/business and 1 is at my house. I figure I can't more secure than that. I'd use the cloud but my files are too numerous and too large.
Good answer, but now you are starting to talk $$$.
Apr 27, 2020 15:17:40 #
hj
Loc: Florida
Peterfiore wrote:
2TB flash and up are common, the original post was talking about thumb drives.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have always understood that the terms flash drive and thumb drives are the same. Are you confusing terms or am I confused? Perhaps someone else will comment. If a flash drive is the same as a thumb drive per the definition shown, then 2 TB and up are NOT common. Most seem to be in the 16 gb to 64 gb range.
Apr 27, 2020 15:18:44 #
on the thumb drive, upload a photo and then download it. Is the resolution the same? or did the thumb drive compress ti?
Apr 27, 2020 15:54:09 #
rook2c4 wrote:
'Know what you are paying for' is a far more useful piece of advice than 'You get what you pay for'. Or you may pass up incredible deals simply because you thought the price wasn't high enough.
Thanks for your pedantic and informative reexplaination of an age old adage. Knowing the folks on this site, they already now how to make 101cents out of a dollar and would never get rooked,if you catch my drift.
Apr 27, 2020 15:57:52 #
pmorin wrote:
I had looked into that option at one time and decided to do some checking. You may want to take a look at this video.
https://youtu.be/Kix3JKn08OU
https://youtu.be/Kix3JKn08OU
Thanks for the video, very informative.
I would never use a USB drive for archiving files. Not reliable storage. Hard or flash storage with a RAID configuration is the only way to go in my opinion. But then who am I?
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