SanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD, USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2, External NVMe Solid State Drive, up to 1050 MB/s, IP65 rated for dust and water resistance

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The standout feature of the SanDisk Extreme Pro is, without a doubt, its mind-boggling write speeds of up to 2000 MB/s. Whether you're transferring large files, editing 4K video on the fly, or running resource-intensive applications, this SSD handles it all with ease. It's a game-changer for creative professionals who demand top-tier performance from their storage devices.

This is also where a spec known as the "terabytes written" rating (or TBW) comes in. It refers to how much data can be written to a drive over its life before some cells on that drive begin to fail. The entire drive itself won't stop functioning, but rather, less and less storage will be made available as time goes on.Not only are SSDs faster than regular hard drives, but they tend to be more durable and take less energy to function. Additionally, their construction allows them to be more compact so you can easily take a lot of storage space with you without taking up as much physical space. In my early career, I worked as an editor of scholarly science books, and as an editor of "Dummies"-style computer guidebooks for Brady Books (now, BradyGames). I'm a lifetime New Yorker, a graduate of New York University's journalism program, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. And because TB is ALSO a dual lane process, it CANNOT physically be split to support Gen 2x2. It has to run "All or Nothing" and do 20Gb/s both lanes, both ways. Again, highway with walls! Except this time there's a gatekeeper that asks for ID. No ID? You go in the slow lane.

While the SanDisk Extreme Pro is undoubtedly a premium product, its price is justified by its exceptional performance and build quality. If you demand the best, you won't be disappointed by the value it provides. USB 4 "can" support Gen 2x2. But it is not "required" to. It is "optional" for device manufacturers to integrate.Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Yes: Again, hard drives are slower because they have to physically rotate disks and move a reader arm to access your data. Just how much faster is it to read data from flash cells than from particular points on spinning platters? Typical throughput for consumer hard drives is in the range of 100MBps to 200MBps, while SSDs that support Thunderbolt 3 or 4, or USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, can have read and write speeds pushing 2,000MBps or even higher. (One factor in hard drive speed is spin rate—among external drives, 5,400rpm units are more common and more affordable than 7,200rpm.) It doesn't require a Thunderbolt controller. Right! But it also is a dual-lane process. Meaning it also needs 2 lanes of 20Gbps both ways to support its max 40Gbps. Main difference between USB 4 and TB is that it is not required to provide a higher power spec, displays, or PCIe support, it's required only to support data, hence the "gatekeeper" is not as strict. However, the USB-IF (the peeps who make this stuff up), since they love confusion, allow alternative configurations (min. spec is 20Gb/s).