Reddit mentions of SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive - SDCZ880-128G-G46

I have a little pouch that holds a bunch of flash drives, 1TB ext. HDD and a 512GB ext. SSD. For the flash drives I have a retail Win10 USB that has the original build on it, 8GB, 16GB, a 128GB 3.1 gen2 USB SSD and 2x 32GB 3.0 drives.

The 8GB has the most up to date Win10 install for both x64 and x32, but also is used when another iso is needed to be burned and used, more on this later.

The 16GB holds very commonly installed programs that grab the latest version during install anyway. Ninite for all the runtimes like java, flash, shockwave, acrobat etc. Chrome, Firefox, iTunes, VLC, and other common goodies. I also use chocolatey in some specific cases.

Both 32GB have Windows PE with many tools that do everything from virus removal and windows repair to disk cloning, partition management, password stripping, etc. Check out Hiren's Boot CD revived into a bootable PE, this has all the tools I use and more, I will be switching to this soon. Inside the flash is a folder with my custom scripts and other tools that are meant to be ran inside the OS. This allows for the drive to either be booted from, or plugged into a PC and used as a normal flash drive for holding my own custom tools, more on those later.

Finally, the 128GB is a SanDisk Pro Extreme (Amazon): it has Arch Linux installed with persistence, not to be confused with live booting. I chose this flash drive because it is super fast and is actually like an SSD and not a flash drive, because it has an intelligent memory controller unlike regular USB drives making it usable as an actual system drive.

The 1TB ext. HDD is used for large client backups. Once the backup is complete, depending on what the client wants, the drive is either formatted (also zeroed out securely if client requests) on-site after data has been verified and transferred the way they want, or brought back to my office and put on a machine that has a compartmentalized file structure running on a RAID6. This system is completely airgapped.

Lastly, the 512GB WD Passport which is relatively new to my collection. It is an external rugged SSD using the Type-C interface. It has a compressed *.iso image of the Windows PE drives I use, a duplicate copy of all the installers mentioned before, and a folder full of retail isos. I have the original (legitimate) installer .iso for Win7 Home, Pro, and Ultimate, Win8.1, and Win10. Also all the MS Office installers dating back to 2007. This drive is only brought out if I need it and serves as a backup in case one of my drives gets corrupt and needs to be re-flashed or if a client has the product key for an old version of office and is really adamant about not upgrading to 365. Also if I need to reinstall Win7, Win8.1 or boot off of some weird linux distro I take the iso from here and burn it to the 8GB drive mentioned earlier.

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As for my custom scripts, I have created a TON over the years. I would be happy to start up a github and put them up there with some documentation if people would be interested! Some that I can name off the top of my head are:

-A robocopy batch file that automatically copies the entire Users, Program Files, and Program data on the specified drive. This script is meant to be run from the target drive, such as the 1TB I mentioned earlier. With this script I can plug in the drive, double click the batch file and let it do its thing. This will automatically copy all the important user and program data to the drive from which it was ran, in this case the 1TB

-A script that pulls the computers info and spits it out to a text file named via variables "User-SerialNumber"

-A script that generates a list of all installed programs via a WMIC command. Useful before a Restore/Refresh

-A script that changes power settings to high performance and disables Windows Telemetry.

-A script for repairing OS corruption. DISM, SFC, then CHKDSK, Netsock, netsh, ipconfig /release|/renew|/flushdns etc.

-A script that asks for the workstation's name, then generates a text file containing the computer info and emails it to me so I can later inventory it for that specific client in order to keep track of the device which is associated with a particular help desk ticket or issue.

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There are plenty others, but I just woke up and haven't had coffee yet lol. Let me know if anyone is interested, maybe I can throw together a github for it. Would be a fun little side project.

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I have gotten a few scripts documented and uploaded, have a look!

https://github.com/A13Xg/Automated_Repair

https://github.com/A13Xg/Sysinfo-Scraper

I just use stock Ubuntu LTS on a SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB 3.1, benchmarks have it with top marks for writing throughput. I keep that in my laptop bag, but I also have a Kingston Digital 128GB Data Traveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 that I have on my keychain with the same thing on it. The Kingston has a hole for a keyring, and metal case, it's more durable and smaller, but the write performance isn't the best, so using it is slower, but it's good to have in a pinch.

The best price-to-GB ratio will be found in USB "SSDs", e.g. the Samsung T5's. It's basically the same type of chips you'd find in a standard SSD paired with a USB controller. On USB 3.0 you can usually achieve around 350-400MB/sec sustained performance provided the flash controller and the chips can handle it. The USB overhead may be a slight bottleneck but you should see comparable performance to a mid-range SATA SSD.

Or you can build your own by picking up an mSATA SSD along with a USB3 pocket-sized enclosure. Example: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Enclosure-Adapter-Support-EC-UKMS/dp/B00LRZPNHM and https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-850-EVO-Internal-MZ-M5E500BW/dp/B00TGIVVKU/ - a 500GB for less than $200. In fact, some of the "USB SSD" solutions on the market are simply branded versions of this.

If you're really hoping for the stick formfactor typical of USB flash drives, I've had good luck with SanDisk Extreme Pro drives. Example: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCZ880-128G-G46-Extreme-128GB-Solid/dp/B01MU8TZRV/ These come close to the performance of an mSATA solution but as others have said they can have smaller caches which can make things like running an OS more erratic.

Thanks. For anyone interested, this seems to have best speeds for usb flash (obviously external SSD is fastest if they work too): SanDisk Extreme PRO CZ88 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Speeds Up To 260MB/s

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HR7FWUC

Or even faster updated usb 3.1 version i just saw https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MU8TZRV/

The smaller flash drives seem to be just microSD card housings and so top out well under 100 MB/s write speed, a bit slow for copying 1440p/4K 60fps content.

Also went with a 128GB Samsung Evo Select SD card, much better write speeds than the Samsung Evo+ in the $99 immersive preorder promo.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWZWYVP/

Same issue here.

I had this SanDisk since April.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BGTG41W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was only using the dashcam and that seemed to work well. Then, I decided to start using the Sentry mode and after the latest update saw this same error.

So, I did a bit of research and found this solid state flash drive with a tested ~260MB/s write speed.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-of-the-fastest-usb-3-0-flash-drives-you-should-buy/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MU8TZRV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So, I decided to order this to see how it works. It also has good reviews, so I have some confidence.

This: the sandisk extreme pro. cheap at 45 dollars for 128 gb. these sandisk extreme pros have ssd controllers inside them, so they are super fast for flash drives. fast enough that i run an entire instance of windows 10 off one, and it works very well. they are not as fast as traditional sata or m.2 ssds in an enclosure, but can hit 300/400 meg a second, or at least 200 in other cases. i have one, and it is by FAR the fastest usb drive i have.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCZ880-128G-G46-Extreme-128GB-Solid/dp/B01MU8TZRV/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1550946494&sr=8-5&keywords=sandisk+extreme+usb+3

This gives better context for running a USB for writing dashcam videos to the drive.


Edit: basically high write speed and decent amount of storage (128GB should do fine)


this is the one I plan on getting so that if they do end up adding more cameras into the mix it should handle it.

Not to phone, to a high speed usb 3.0 drive like sandisk extreme pro, with the OTG adapter that comes with the S8. Gets better speeds than an SD card.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HR7FWUC/

Or slightly faster:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MU8TZRV/

Yes. Some SanDisk are bad.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MU8TZRV

This one works fine. Super fast too. Although NVME is faster.

Able to: Yes

Have to wait forever for loading screens and other operations that read/write from disk: Count on it.

If you are going to try it, i would suggest getting a fast USB like the Sandisk Extreme Pro and making sure you are using a usb3.0 (Blue) or USB 3.1(Red) port.

SanDisk SDCZ880-128G-G46 Extreme PRO 128GB USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU8TZRV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_2iaNDb5RK4W8T

SATA To USB Converters run over the USB protocoll. USB 3.0 is an immensly powerful protocoll and i don't think any thumb drive will really be throttled by usb 3.0.

But in addition to the USB protocoll, a flashdrive also needs good memory modules to get good speeds. most flash drives seem to be stuck at ~100-150mb/s. But there are faster options. I got a SanDisk extreme that gets around 200-250mb/s. There are even faster ones like this: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCZ880-128G-G46-Extreme-128GB-Solid/dp/B01MU8TZRV/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=sandisk+extreme+usb&qid=1556859955&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Most of the time, those flash drives are a bit more pricey.

I would recommend something similar to this (below) if you need to make use of a 128GB+ USBkey/drive:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MU8TZRV

• Advertised Read Speed: 420 MB/s
  
• Advertised Write Speed: 380 MB/s
  
  Some amazon reviews (in the link above) have it benchmarked, the top review has a crystaldisk benchmark screenshot with Read: 368 MB/s - Write: 344MB/s.
  
  (yes this is 35x+ faster at writing than the OP link).
  
  There's a technology difference between "old" and "new usb drives (the new ones are basically tiny SSDs and thus the speeds are great). They cost a little bit more, but they're actually usuable for the amount of data you want to manage/transfer/use from the drive.

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