Kingston Announces Their First 1TB Flash Drive

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2013-01-07 20:16

  Given the sheer number of products that get unveiled at each CES, it’s of no surprise that some will shine a bit brighter than others, causing people to do a double-take or drop their jaws. This year, the first product to manage both of those for me is Kingston’s DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0, a flash drive that boasts not only a seriously long name, but huge storage. How does 1TB sound?
  
  Let’s put this into perspective. About a year ago, I took a look at Kingston’s first-ever HyperX flash drive, weighing in at 64GB. At the time, that was in all regards impressive – though not quite as impressive as the 256GB offering the company also had. It’s not uncommon for technology to move at such a pace where densities can double each year, but I am not sure anyone expected Kingston to be announcing a drive today that quadruples last year’s top-end model.
  
  Despite its massive storage, Kingston was able to retain a modest size with Predator. The 64GB DT HyperX I mentioned before came in at 2.95″ x 0.92″ x 0.63″. By comparison, the Predator is a tad shorter but also a tad beefier at the sides, at 2.83″ x 1.06″ x 0.83″.
  
  Performance-wise, Predator boasts SSD-like throughput at 240MB/s read and 160MB/s write. These speeds make the Predator not only useful to store large files, but store large files fast.
  
  At Predator’s retail launch, which should take place soon, only a 512GB model will become available. The 1TB model that I’ve been raving over will see its launch later in Q1. Unfortunately, the vital piece of information we’d all like to know isn’t yet available: pricing. Given the fact that Kingston’s smallest Predator offering is 512GB, we have to assume that these will not be consumer-focused, but are instead targeted at the business or workstation user. Either way, for what it offers, I think Predator is aptly-named.
  

  
  
  http://techgage.com/news/ces-2013-kingstons-hyperx-predator-flash-drives-go-to-1tb-yes-1tb/
  
  this is gonna be more expensive than SSDs
• Hitaki wrote on 2013-01-07 20:18
  and I bet you a couple years from now we'll be able to pick one up at a retail store like Staples.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-01-07 20:21
  The growing rate of computers never ceases to baffle me. Records in technology are always shattered..
• drezzt wrote on 2013-01-07 20:25
  At the rate technology is growing... ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. :D
  Don't give up on your dreams now, technology might make your dreams possible in the coming years. :P
  -VRMMORPG GOGOGO-
• Calisto wrote on 2013-01-07 21:08
  The funniest part is that technologies like these are outdated to begin with. Drop Box and Google Drive make flash drives almost completely unnecessary.
• Excalibur wrote on 2013-01-07 21:21

  Quote from Calisto;1010114:

  The funniest part is that technologies like these are outdated to begin with. Drop Box and Google Drive make flash drives almost completely unnecessary.

  
  
  I'd still use a flash driver over cloud services for most things. :v
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2013-01-07 21:22

  Quote from Calisto;1010114:

  The funniest part is that technologies like these are outdated to begin with. Drop Box and Google Drive make flash drives almost completely unnecessary.

  
  
  not really
  most people in the US have shitty internet
  and dont have the upload speed to put their files online
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-01-07 21:31
  Jesus christ these things hold a whole freaking 1.5MB and they're small enough to put in a briefcase so you can take it to work!
  
  

  [Image: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DmtdGP6kzMQ/S_YFEmn-FsI/AAAAAAAAOQw/Eq24j_F-7kg/s1600/FloppyDisks.jpg]

  
  
  Wait what is a terabyte?
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-01-07 21:31

  Quote from Calisto;1010114:

  The funniest part is that technologies like these are outdated to begin with. Drop Box and Google Drive make flash drives almost completely unnecessary.

  
  
  Maybe in areas with well developed internet infrastructure and ISPs who have proper offerings.
  In canada you can not in any way rely on online storage. You can use it for small files like photos and documents, but you can't rely on it for larger files.
  Even if say at home or at work you have a good connection, most places you go to probably will not. So while online storage might be a better solution than your standard 4 or 8 GB flash drive, going much higher than that is a big issue.
  
  I use about 20 GB of data on google drive. It took me over a week to sync it, and it caused me to go over my monthly data cap.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-01-07 21:37

  Quote from Calisto;1010114:

  The funniest part is that technologies like these are outdated to begin with. Drop Box and Google Drive make flash drives almost completely unnecessary.

  
  
  Not true. Completely not true. But its okay because I don't expect plebeians to understand such things.
  
  Storage technology is one thing. Portable storage technology is a completely other thing.
  
  Look anyone can build a giant warehouse full of storage devices, have them all wired up, and have people upload and download a seemingly infinite amount of content.
  
  But to cram 1TB in to something that you put on a keychain for commercial use... Its a huge leap forward.
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-01-07 21:39
  I'd get one of these to expand the storage of my Ultrabook.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-01-07 21:42

  Quote from Osayidan;1010139:

  I'd get one of these to expand the storage of my Ultrabook.

  
  
  Its still probably way cheaper and more convenient to just bring one of these around though.
  
  

  [Image: http://www.profectio.com/wp-content/gallery/future-shop-back-to-school-gadgets/seagate-freeagent-go-640gb-external-hard-drive.jpg]

  
  
  Can't imagine Kingston will make these flash drives cheap.
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-01-07 21:44

  Quote from Cucurbita;1010143:

  Its still probably way cheaper and more convenient to just bring one of these around though.
  
  

  [Image: http://www.profectio.com/wp-content/gallery/future-shop-back-to-school-gadgets/seagate-freeagent-go-640gb-external-hard-drive.jpg]

  
  
  Those are huge in comparison and probably weigh as much as my laptop.
  Not to mention they need at least one cable, 2 if it isn't USB powered.
  
  Although after seeing the price tag for just the 512 GB model I think I'll reconsider:
  http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847628/kingston-announces-1tb-flash-drive
• Hanna wrote on 2013-01-07 21:51
  Why would you need a 1TB Flash Drive o_o
  I can't even fill my hard disk space past 300GBs, I honestly don't see how someone could have enough shit to take up an entire TB of space
  (my hard disk can hold up 1.5TB)
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-01-07 21:57
  in total I have about 12 TB of storage in my home, probably using 60 - 70% of it.
  Most of it is virtual machine files being archived away and disk images, but there's also a lot of operating system .iso files.
  
  With a 1TB USB key, or even a 128 - 256 GB one, I'd be able to make a bootable USB key that can boot the install .iso of pretty much every OS.
  Also lots of bootable diagnostics tools and similar things.
  Optical media can go die.