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USB 3.1 Gen 2 Flash Drive

savstars
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Hi All,

 

I have been looking for a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Flash Drive for a while now and I have failed at my search.  Does anyone know of a legitimate USB 3.1 Gen 2 Flash Drive on the market?

 

FYI, I'm planning on installing Linux.  I have done this with a Gen 1 flash drive, but it bottlenecks at times.

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Might I ask what exactly you’d need such a high speed drive for? Linux on a USB 3.0 drive was as fast as my SSD on the same machine (with the same pretty heavy usage). 

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28 minutes ago, savstars said:

Hi All,

 

I have been looking for a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Flash Drive for a while now and I have failed at my search.  Does anyone know of a legitimate USB 3.1 Gen 2 Flash Drive on the market?

 

FYI, I'm planning on installing Linux.  I have done this with a Gen 1 flash drive, but it bottlenecks at times.

But why. and no unless you get an NVMe sdd and then get case for that then yes

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What do I need the speed for?  In one sentence, I'm doing my masters in geospatial and artificial intelligence.  The second sentence would be, I'm sick of the IO bottlenecks. 

 

I had considered a Samsungs Portable SSD T5, but I don't like the idea of something dangling down my leg (the cable, not something else) whilst I'm on the train.

 

The enclosures for the NVMe SSDs are too long for sitting on a train.  I'd be too concerned that if someone, large, was to sit next to me, they could break it.  

 

So in short, I want the holy grail.  Small, fast and sexy.  

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