If you want your knowledge to be cellular, solid-state flash reminiscence is the best way to go, offering extra velocity and sturdiness than conventional arduous drives. Limited capacities have to date hindered their adoption, however Sabrent has solved that by cramming two SSDs into its new budget-breaking 16TB Rocket XTRM-Q.
With two eight terabyte SSD drives inside an aluminum enclosure, the Rocket XTRM-Q isn’t as compact as smaller capability flash reminiscence drives like Crucial’s X6 that handle to squeeze 4 terabytes all the way down to the scale of a matchbook. The twin drives additionally draw extra energy than most exterior SSDs, so just like the exterior drive days of yore, the Sabrent 16TB Rocket XTRM-Q would require its personal separate energy supply, however that’s included.
Each drive guarantees as much as 1,400 MB/s write speeds, which signifies that when the 16TB Rocket XTRM-Q is ready up with a RAID 0 configuration, the place knowledge is written to each drives on the similar time, write speeds can hit as much as 2,800 MB/s. If you prioritize the security and safety of your knowledge, nonetheless, the drive may arrange in a RAID 1 configuration, the place every drive holds a duplicate of the identical knowledge, however meaning the capability is halved to eight terabytes as an alternative. A 3rd configuration, JBOD (only a bunch of disks), can be out there, which writes to every drive sequentially so you’ve got the utmost capability with slower write speeds, however the added benefit of not shedding your entire knowledge ought to one of many two SSDs fail.
If you had been doing spit takes on the Crucial X6 4TB SSD’s $490 price ticket, you’ll wish to make sure that to swallow no matter you’re consuming earlier than studying the remainder of this paragraph. The 16TB Rocket XTRM-Q is listed at $3,300 on Sabrent’s website, whereas Amazon at present has it at $2,900. Given you may also snag a 4 terabyte Western Digital arduous drive for about $70 on Amazon proper now, for a similar value as Sabrent’s new SSD you can construct your self a 165TB drive array, however good luck discovering a pocket sufficiently big to hold it round.
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