I see that LaCie now has a 1TB flash drive. What are the pros and cons of flash storage vs disk drives? Is there any info on longevity advantages between the two?
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Mar 10, 2011 17:51 | #1 I see that LaCie now has a 1TB flash drive. What are the pros and cons of flash storage vs disk drives? Is there any info on longevity advantages between the two? Tim
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Tony-S Cream of the Crop  9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Mar 10, 2011 19:16 | #2 Do you have a link to it? If it's a typical USB flash drive then it'll be rather slow. If it's an SSD, then it will likely be very fast (and expensive). "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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Mar 10, 2011 19:53 | #3 Tony-S wrote in post #11997717  Do you have a link to it? If it's a typical USB flash drive then it'll be rather slow. If it's an SSD, then it will likely be very fast (and expensive). Here is a link: http://www.adorama.com/VDLARGU1TBS.html Tim
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cjj14u Senior Member 604 posts Joined Jan 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN More info | Mar 10, 2011 20:03 | #4 That is not a flash drive or SSD. It is just a 1TB external HD. T1i X 2| T3i | 55-250is II | 18-55is II |
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Mar 10, 2011 21:05 | #5 cjj14u wrote in post #11997968 That is not a flash drive or SSD. It is just a 1TB external HD. Scroll down, it says "High Speed Pocket Flash Drive" Tim
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 21:28 | #6 Tim S wrote in post #11998293 Scroll down, it says "High Speed Pocket Flash Drive" http://pages.e.adorama.com …5fe45d23252e627ebbeb#Kata I tried scrolling down on the link, but it's taking a long time to load. But if you look at the photos your first link, it's connected externally to the laptop. That's an external hard drive enclosure. Tim S wrote in post #11998293 Scroll down, it says "High Speed Pocket Flash Drive" http://pages.e.adorama.com …5fe45d23252e627ebbeb#Kata Yeah, USB 2.0 speed at 480Mbits/s is SLOW!!! Do a Google search on SATA speeds. SATA I is 1.5Gb/s, SATA II is 3Gb/s. - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Tim S wrote in post #11997326 I see that LaCie now has a 1TB flash drive. What are the pros and cons of flash storage vs disk drives? Is there any info on longevity advantages between the two? Thanks! The Lacie external hard drive you posted a link on is no different than a disk drive, except that it's an external drive. This will allow you to connect it from computer to computer with a USB port. I'm sure this is NOT an SSD drive, due to the cost. If this is a SSD drive, I would buy it and just rip apart the external enclosure and use it for my laptop. Keep in mind, 1TB SSD drives cost over $1000. - Ed
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Mar 10, 2011 21:42 | #8 According to Adorama's email, it is NOT a hard disk drive. I understand the difference between USB and SATA, I know of 0 computers with an external SATA connection. Every hard disk drive lists in the specs 3.5", 2.5", 5400 rpm, 7200 rpm, etc. This says flash drive. Tim
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 21:49 | #9 Tim S wrote in post #11998509 It is NOT a hard disk drive. I understand the difference between USB and SATA, I know of 0 computers with an external SATA connection. Oops. Sorry. My laptop is about 2 years old. Please see USB specs 4 x USB 2.0 (4th port shared with eSATA) Also found another manufacturer with a laptop that has eSata port... - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 22:02 | #11 I checked Lacie.com and I don't even see them specifying it as a flash drive. - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 22:03 | #12 Tim S wrote in post #11998599 Off topic but OK, none of MY computers have an eSATA port.... I use these on all my desktop computers... - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 22:12 | #13 FYI, if you look at technology, the largest available flash drive is a 256Gb Kingston - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | Mar 10, 2011 22:18 | #14 If you still want to buy the external hard drive, get it from NewEgg - Ed
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ecub Goldmember 1,487 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Southwest suburbs of Chicago More info | If you look at LaCie Rikiki With capacities up to 640GB, the LaCie Rikiki (which means "tiny" in French) is one of the smallest mobile hard drives on the market today . - Ed
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