A flash drive with more storage than your desktop.
At CES, Kingston announced the DataTraveler Ultimate GT, a USB flash drive that offers 2TB of storage. The drive features a case made out of zinc-alloy for improved durability, and the storage capacity means you can carry over 70 hours' worth of 4K video in your pocket.
The DataTraveler Ultimate GT is USB 3.1 Gen 1 compatible, so you'll need to connect it to a dongle if you're using a device that has USB-C ports. The flash drive will be available in February in 1TB and 2TB storage configurations, and as of now, there's no mention of retail pricing.
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Kingston's latest USB flash drive offers an astounding 2TB storage
Space is not an issue for me, I'd rather get a Seagate, AData or WD 2TB portable USB 3.0 drive. Why? price.
My $200 Hyper X 256gb is too small....I need a bigger one but, these are too big...
Taking a wild guess at pricing...$275-$300. This is only my guess. I pulled this out of thin air. Please, nobody go quoting these prices
Well, last years was crazy....still available at Amazon...
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-Predator-1TB-DTHXP30/dp/B00E65QM8O
Yes, $2700
That is amazing!
Question, are there any flash drives around that have storage and a fingerprint reader on them for security. Can't access contents of the drive without the proper fingerprint? Obviously you can lock files with passwords.
This hardware is Mr. Robot approved.
I got a 2TB off wish that's small as a 8gb. And works great. Months ago lol. For like $10
I'm not sure what you're trying to claim here. Even a 2TB hard drive costs more than $10.
Excellent storage option for my video footage.
Why not USB C?
USB C is still relatively new. My guess is the size of the audience with native USB C is still much smaller than the audience with native USB 3.1.
Means MBP does not matter thqat much, eh?
Everyone ONLY usb-c is buying the dongle for USB-A. I don't really care which it is because my laptop has usb a & c ports.
Because 99.9999999% of the population has standard USB on their computers. Other than saving you a half second when you first plug it in, USB-C provides no benefit over USB 3.1.
It works with both sides ;-)
It works with both sides ;-)
It works with both sides ;-)
It works with both sides ;-)
It works with both sides ;-)
Accidentally did multiple comments.. Sorry
Edit: Accidentally did multiple comments.. Sorry
Going to be way too expensive. These usb sticks will never compete, when you can get an external 2.5" 4TB HDD at a fraction of the cost and its not that much bigger.
They are useful and have a niche where small drives are more important than having an external drive. I sometimes boot servers off these with a VHD which external drives have proven more problematic as they don't always come with the necessary firmware to boot from.
Okay, gotta ask, do you have a use case for a 2TB flash drive to boot a server from? I have a handful of $4 16GB drives I got to boot and image my various OS installs with, and even 16GB is more than enough for my needs. I just use one drive per system.
I keep a bunch of utilities on it and boot into various VHDs, considering the size of the various ISOs for Microsft Servers builds, Exchange, SQL, SCCM, Drivers/patches, and so on it all chews up space. Currently I'm pushing the limit of 64Gb for what I do but will probably buy some 128Gb or 256Gb drives in the near future.
In addition some of the VHDs I've handled are over 800Gb. It's a niche use I freely admit, but it's how I've worked for the last few years.
I don't see anything wrong with using 800GB disk images. I've worked with many that are larger than that, but don't have a need to transport them over USB flash drive. If I did need to move them, I'd probably use a multi-TB portable hard drive.
I do see your use for 64GB+ drives, though. I don't keep a lot of utilities on mine, only OS installs and a few other ISOs, but since I keep my repository of install ISOs on a NAS, I rarely have a need to transport them elsewise.
USB Flash drives are about the physical format, not the storage capacity. It's about being small, portable and plug-n-play. This is undoubtedly much smaller than your 2.5" 4TB HDD and will have no wires necessary.
Hope it has some built in encryption for security.
The older version of this drive came with encryption software (64Gb) as I've a few here for VHDs
more than likely, it would have been mentioned if it had on-board encryption. you'll more than likely have to use (probably third-party) software encryption.
USB 3.1? So, essentially, it also qualifies to be used as an external drive for the Xbox one as well. Nice
They aren't exactly small.
Depending on pricing I'd probably go an SSD instead.
If you just want storage and both SSD and USB have all your requirements, you'll most likely choose SSD. USB flash drives have always been about the plug-n-play portability. SSD will most likely give you better performance per dollar than a usb flash drive. But you are generally sacrificing portability.
Its no where near a TB but I just got the Corsair GTX USB and it'll get up to 400MBps which is fast as he'll for a USB and storage gets up to 512GB if you can find it
I've got a USB 3.1 SSD that seems to fit the bill pretty well. Nice and fast. Copies full-length movies in a couple of seconds.
Expensive. That is the retail pricing.
after 10 year I will be able to buy it!
After 10 years, it will be considered too bulky and won't hold enough information for 10 phone contacts.