2TB USB 3.0 with micro USB flashdrives trial

[RoganDawes]

Thanks for the update, at least.

When you say "speeds are terrible", what did they come out as?

 

[Jake45]

I recently bought two of the cheap Toshiba Suzaku 64GB USB 3.0 flash drives from Loot. These drives sell for ~R200 which is a lot less than many of the other USB 3.0 drives currently available such as the Adata UV128 64GB USB 3.0 flash drives. It would appear that there is very little difference between the two brands in terms of performance although the Adata drives have a larger and sturdier casing. I have only had them for a week so I can't comment on the long term reliability. The Suzaku drives have a 5 year warranty.
http://www.loot.co.za/product/toshiba-suzaku-usb-3-0-flash-drive-64gb-black/kmyh-3094-g7a0
https://www.rebeltech.co.za/3232-ad...ing-p.html?search_query=Adata+UV128&results=5

Here are some of the speed tests that I have run on them if anybody is interested.

22 video files stored on an internal hard drive totalling 6.59GB took 6:56 to copy through a USB 2.0 port and 4:00 to copy over USB 3.0 onto stick 1 (USB 2.0 write speed: 16.22MB/s, USB 3.0 write speed: 28MB/s). The reverse took 3:31 on USB 2.0 and 1:47 on USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 read speed: 31.98MB/s, USB 3.0 read speed 63.1MB/s).

I repeated the same tests on a yellow Adata UV128 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive for comparison purposes. The results were very similar with a USB 2.0 write speed of 18.5MB/s and a USB 3.0 write speed of 31.8MB/s. The USB 2.0 and 3.0 read speeds were 29.2MB/s and 66.2MB/s respectively.

USB 2.0 Tests
Toshiba TransMemory-MX 64GB Stick 1
http://usbflashspeed.com/182073
Toshiba TransMemory-MX 64GB Stick 2
http://usbflashspeed.com/182078

USB 3.0 Tests
Toshiba TransMemory-MX 64GB Stick 1
http://usbflashspeed.com/182079
Toshiba TransMemory-MX 64GB Stick 2
http://usbflashspeed.com/182076

Adata UV128 (yellow) 32GB USB 2.0
http://usbflashspeed.com/182086
Adata UV128 (yellow) 32GB USB 3.0
http://usbflashspeed.com/182089