Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM eric <eri...@cox.net> wrote: > <SNIP> >> If it was me, I would return it. If the title is deceptive, there may be >> other problems with the product. >> >> When I click on the link, Amazon offers similar products of 1 TB NVMe >> M.2 drives for a few dollars more with the links provided below. One is >> $14 more and the other is $5 more. I can not comment on how good they >> are as I don't have any experience with these types of drives. >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-2280-Internal-SNV2S-1000G/dp/B0BBWH1R8H >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-NVMe-Gen3x4-SP001TBP34A60M28/dp/B07ZGJVTZK >> >> Eric > If Dale cares to search them out there are websites that compare M.2 > SSDs for performance. > > There are a lot of types of flash memory and they can have VASTLY > different speeds. When > I put together this machine 4 years ago I asked the guys to put in a > second 1TB M.2 drive. I > went cheap with a Crucial. The machine is dual boot with Windows on > the SSST, Kubuntu > on the Crucial. > > mark@science2:~$ lspci | grep SSD > 04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Micron/Crucial Technology P2 > [Nick P2] / P3 / P3 Plus NVMe PC > Ie SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01) > 05:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Solid State Storage Technology > Corporation CL1-3D256-Q11 NVMe > SSD M.2 (rev 03) > mark@science2:~$ > > Benchmarking later showed the Crucial to be much slower than the SSST. > The cost wasn't > actually that much less, so 'my bad...' > > It sounds like not a problem for Dale's 'copy cell phone data' application > > Mark > >
I'll admit, I may create a encrypted partition on the thing with some videos as a backup. If for example a hard drive goes bad, or is going bad, I can power the drives down and just watch videos on the m.2 stick. Speed isn't a real big deal. I just want it to work. Oh, I'd be more worried about the USB speed myself. I'm not sure what version of 3 my mobo has but I suspect the bandwidth will max out on the USB before the m.2 does. I did reach out to the seller. I thought I was buying from Crucial itself but turns out it was someone else. I eventually found a way to contact them. I told them about the misleading title and that I would likely keep the stick anyway. So far, I got it in the enclosure and connected. It shows up just like a SATA drive does. Now to format. I have a Samsung Android phone. My sis-n-law has a Iphone thing, Apple type. What file system is best for both of these to work? I read exFAT but other sites say something else. Anyone else own one of these and know for sure what works? For both would be nice. Dale :-) :-)
