The 240GB mSATA TAA Compliant Solid State Drive from VisionTek is suitable for saving data on notebook and Ultrabook computers, tablets, and desktop machine motherboards with an onboard mSATA port.

This portable, low-power storage solution is 1/8^th the size of a traditional 2.5" hard disk drive (HDD). The drive incorporates DuraClass technology that delivers data rates up to 540Mb/s, up to 100x greater data reliability than an Enterprise class HDD, and access times up to 50x faster than a conventional HDD. It is SATA 6G ready, but backward compatible with SATA 3G and 1.5G machines too, making the drive a versatile storage performance booster for a wide variety of devices.

Ideal for Ultrabook PCs, the drive can also be mounted directly to an mSATA interface equipped desktop PC motherboard. Now, instead of using up a drive bay for a 2.5" SSD and having to buy an adapter, you can easily add this SSD as a performance-boosting cache drive to complement a large storage capacity HDD.

No moving parts

Silent, cool, energy efficient operation

Shock, vibration, and temperature resistance

Access time up to 50x faster than HDD

Designed to deliver SATA 6G speeds, yet backward compatible to SATA 3G and 1.5G

Ultra-thin form factor doesn't add bulk

DuraClass Technology offer reliability, performance, and power efficiency

DuraWrite extends the drive endurance by 20x or more compared to standard SSD controllers

Advanced Wear Leveling & Monitoring distributes data evenly across the entire drive

Advanced Read/Disturb Management safeguards against data corruption by spreading read/write cycles across the flash components

Intelligent garbage collection "recycling" maintains optimal write speeds by clearing blocks of unneeded data during off-peak usage times

RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive from flash block failures without typical RAID inefficiencies

Error correction (ECC) protection for data retention and drive life

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. In order to file transfer ProRes over USB 3.0 to PC and eventually NAS, will I need to install MacDrive software on my PC?

A: You will need a driver to read. The ki pro formats the drives as hfs+

Q: 2. Hi the drive is marked Solid State flash drive, are all flash drives Solid State?

A: Yes, flash storage is a solid state storage technology. All flash drives would be considered SSDs.

Q: 3. Is this formatted in Fat32 or ExFat?

A: The 128GB Extreme PRO USB 3.0 Flash Drive is formatted as Fat32. If you would like to save individual files larger than 4GB (ie. video files) then you can reformat to ExFat. It is a really nice product and I paid twice the current cost when it was first released. Enjoy.

Q: 4. Does this works with Microsoft surface pro 6

A: Yes, this SanDisk 1TB Extreme Pro USB 3.2 Solid State Flash Drive, would be compatible with the Microsoft Surface Pro 6.

Q: 5. What is the warranty on this product?

A: This product has a limited lifetime manufacturer's warranty.

Q: 6. Regular flash drives have limitation of 2GB file size. What is the largest file size can be transferred to this drive?

A: If you use a file system like NTFS, ExFat or HFS+ (Mac), there is no file size limitation. If you use the FAT32 format, the limitation will be 4GB per file.

Q: 7. What color is the LED activity light?

A: When the thumb drive is plugged in, you have to look directly on the top of the thumb drive to see the blue activity LED. Most thumb drives have the activity LED on the end of the drive to make it easier to see when files are being read or written to the drive. But is is a great product overall.

Q: 8. can this be used as external backup to a MacBookPro?

A: The Mercury On-The-Go Pro External Solid State Drive is pre formatted for Mac, and will be ready for Time Machine backup.

Q: 9. Is this water proof, dustproof and shockproof

A: I have owned this item for two years. It is attached to my key chain & has been banging around in my pocket all that time...Yes, it must be dustproof and is certainly shockproof. I haven't dropped it in water yet, so I do not know about waterproof. It is a well-built item.

Q: 10. How robust is the recovery software? A reviewer stated they lost 1 year of photos... can you recover full drive if it fails?

A: Recovery software might be able to recover a deleted file in some cases. If a drive fails you will not be able to recover it. USB sticks are not long term or high reliability storage they are meant for moving information from one system to another.