Kinda speechless. We first began The SSD Evaluate some 15 years in the past and swore I might by no means use one other exhausting drive for storage. I’d betcha there are petabytes of flash storage mendacity round this workplace to incorporate enterprise drives, consumer in addition to client SSDs, many merchandise that by no means even made it to mainstream gross sales and a few which have by no means even been seen due to NDA’s.
I might by no means come anyplace near filling the SSDs I’ve on this workplace, and actually, I wager there are in all probability only a few non-business degree entities that might. But… I’m sitting right here relishing the truth that I’m reviewing the exhausting drive based mostly 22TB SanDisk Skilled G-Drive sitting only a foot away and settled into my primary PC system. It’s important to know that there’s a catch although.
That catch is the truth that SanDisk Skilled is my go-to for my media wants and I’ve been utilizing the Blade Transport, Professional-G40 exterior SSD and any of three Professional-Blade SSD Mags for the reason that day I first reviewed them again in October of 2022. There’s nonetheless just one purpose we would see this SanDisk Skilled related to my system although. It has a Professional-Blade SSD Insert that strikes information at 10Gbps on or off my system and the G-Drive Venture just by sliding within the Professional-Blade SSD Magazine into the entrance of the unit.
Let’s step again a bit although… Specs. The SanDisk Skilled G-Drive Venture is a ThunderBolt 3 exhausting drive storage machine obtainable in capacities of 6, 7.68, 8, 12, 18, 20 and 22TB. The unit we’re testing right now is 22TB and is able to transferring information as much as 260MB/s learn and write with its inside 3.5″ 7200RPM Ultrastar enterprise-class exhausting drive. In the event you insert a SanDisk Skilled Professional-Blade SSD Magazine, efficiency will enhance to 1GB/s (10Gbps) information switch from the Magazine to the PC, nevertheless, writing to the exhausting drive continues to be restricted to 260MB/s SATA 3 speeds. Though you may’t see it on this shot, there’s a white LED bar simply above the phrase SanDisk when the unit is on and LED turned on.
On the again of the unit is an influence button, fast press for on and lengthy press for off, 19v DC port and an LED on/off change. To the fitting of which can be two ThunderBolt 3 USB-C ports able to daisy-chaining information as much as speeds of 3GB/s however there’s something even higher I like. When that is related to my PC and I shut the PC off, the G-Drive Venture shuts off. Boot the system and this boots proper again up.
Included with the SanDisk Skilled G-Drive undertaking is an influence cable and brick that doesn’t take up half of your workplace as so many do with their unbelievable measurement…which is sort of refreshing. Additionally included is a USB-C cable to connect with your PC. If you’re going to daisy-chain into different gadgets as I’ve above, you must provide your individual second cable.
The G-Drives chassis is of 1 piece steel with a plastic ribbed cowl prime and backside which I’d recommend is to dissipate warmth. The unit would possibly get barely heat however doesn’t get sizzling and, not like an SSD, it isn’t utterly silent. Makes an attempt to open didn’t fairly go as deliberate and there’s a quiet buzzing from the drive which appears to be an inside fan. As properly, each 5 seconds or so there’s a click on which is been addressed extensively on the web. Western Digital has acknowledged that the fan activates and off relying on temperature however most complain that the fan continues with an on an off click on each 5 seconds whatever the temperature. Ours has that faint click on each 5 seconds.
Checking Amazon USA we’re seeing the SanDisk Skilled 22TB G-Drive Venture priced at $574 whereas it jumps considerably to over $1100 in Canada. It comes with a 5-year guarantee. The construct on this machine is unquestionably SanDisk Skilled grade and we actually just like the inclusion of the Professional-Blade Magazine port together with USB-C daisy-chain performance however… if you’re merely on the lookout for extra storage it may be value it to buy a bit. The SanDisk Skilled G-Drive Venture is surely constructed for these content material creators and media professionals which can be on the lookout for precisely the kind of eco-system SanDisk Skilled has put collectively. I personally will get a lot use from this in my media work.
Let’s take a look at some efficiency specs on the subsequent web page we could?
