Samsung has launched its first SSD sequence that connects externally to a suitable gadget through USB 3.2 Gen 2×2. The connection bundles two lanes for a complete switch fee of two GB/s. The Transportable SSD T9 is twice as quick as its predecessor T7 Defend.
Commercial
Suitable USB ports are primarily discovered on mainboards of desktop PCs and USB4-capable notebooks. However not all USB4 ports help lane bundling in 2×2 mode. In such a case, the T9 SSD is proscribed to USB 3.2 Gen 2 at one gigabyte per second.
Samsung is launching the Transportable SSD T9 with capacities of 1, 2 and 4 TB. The producer doesn’t present any particulars concerning the NAND flash reminiscence and controller used.
Just like the T7 Defend, the T9 fashions have a rubber cowl that’s supposed to guard them from falls from a peak of as much as three meters. Nonetheless, the T9 sequence lacks water or mud safety in response to IP65 – customers ought to due to this fact pack the SSD nicely within the occasion of rain. The producer’s guarantee will increase from three to 5 years.
Excessive costs
In comparison with M.2 SSDs and the T7 Defend sequence, the T9 fashions are costly firstly of gross sales: Samsung offers a really helpful worth of 130 euros for one TByte of capability, 220 euros for two TBytes and 400 euros for 4 TBytes. The T7 Defend fashions value 80 to 240 euros with the identical capacities.
Parallel to the presentation of the Transportable SSD T9, Samsung additionally launched one other model of its personal SSD device Magician: The software program now additionally runs on Macs and Android units with a restricted vary of capabilities. The good standing may be learn there and firmware updates can be initiated.
Nonetheless, macOS requires so-called kernel extensions for set up, that are uncommon as of late and symbolize a possible safety danger.
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