This External SSD Has 16TB of Storage Space and Costs Nearly $3,000

Although hd drives (HDDs) have been popular in the reckoner storage manufacture for a really long time, solid-land drives (SSDs) are gradually nabbing a bigger pie of the marketplace share. At present, amidst reports of a shortage of internal SSDs in the marketplace, American storage solution manufacturer Sabrent has released a humongous 16TB external SSD.

Rocket XTRM-Q 16TB External SSD

Dubbed the Rocket XTRM-Q, this external SSD comes with 2 individual 8TB NVMe SSDs housed inside a casing. By the looks of it, the external SSD component is pretty compact, because the corporeality of storage infinite information technology offers.

The SSD has dimensions measuring 4.v ten ii.v ten 0.6 inches and is made of aluminum for sturdiness. Moreover, as SSDs commonly generate more estrus than HDDs, the aluminum casing enables better heat dissipation. Plus, there is also a rubbery case on elevation for farther protection from drops and everyday use.

At present, coming to the technicalities, the Rocket XTRM-Q can run the two 8TB NVMe SSDs inside individually or as a whole in RAID 0 mode. While in RAID 0 mode, the drive will deliver speeds up to 2800 Mbps. To back up such high-speed data transfer, the device comes with support for Intel Thunderbolt 3. Users will find a Thunderbolt cable along with a defended power adapter and a power cable included in the box.

Price and Availability

Speaking of the price of the device, I would recommend y'all buckle up equally it is not a cheap component. The Rocket XTRM-Q comes with a massive cost tag of $two,899 (~Rs 2,xv,139), which is pretty steep for an SSD. It is currently available to buy from Amazon's US website.

You can check out the product on Sabrent'due south official website to know more about it.