Kingston 256GB Thumb Drive

[Darth Sushi]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/07/504x_datatrav.jpgKingston 256GB Thumb Drive
By John Herrman, 9:00 AM on Mon Jul 20 2009

" Here's your cold, bitter, daily dose of hardware obsolescence: Just a month after passing the already-ridiculous 128GB barrier, Kingston has released the 256GB DataTraveler 300. It isn't available in the US, but if/when it is, it'll run around $900. "

:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5318471/the-inevitable-256gb-thumb-drive-comes-to-pass-courtesy-of-kingston

[Zip]

I wouldn't trust that thing. 256gb on a stick can't be reliable. :unsure:

[Skiz]

I wouldn't trust that thing. 256gb on a stick can't be reliable. :unsure:

On was basis do you make that judgment? :huh:

[Zip]

I wouldn't trust that thing. 256gb on a stick can't be reliable. :unsure:

On was basis do you make that judgment? :huh:
Bad experience with big storage devices in an 'early stage' I guess.

[Detale]

Thats not really a valid reason though man. Personally I think its great. Hopefully they will be affordable in the near future like :)

[S!X]

It isn't available in the US, but if/when it is, it'll run around $900. "



This is a recession though...:mellow:

[megabyteme]

Can't wait for the price of these to come waaaaay down. I'm more comfortable when I get a thumb drive free with purchase from Newegg. Yeah, I know I am a cheeeeeeap bastard. :P

From what I understand, memory like this fails after data has been saved and deleted hundreds (or thousands) of times. Seems that a large capacity would last longer, because data could be stored on the drive instead of needing to be deleted and re-written due to lack of capacity.

[Detale]

I'd prob pay around $300 or so.

[nonamevn622]

With $900, I can buy a laptop! :D

[dutchmaster420]

hopefully drives this big will come down in price in a reasonable time frame considering the way hard drive capacity has been expanding...but then again dvd-9's are still too expensive

[Funkin']

$900 is just stupid.

[ulun64]

I wouldn't trust that thing. 256gb on a stick can't be reliable. :unsure:

If it's not reliable, Kingston won't sell it at all. They have a reputation to keep.

$900 for it...that's way too expensive.

[1000possibleclaws]

In a few years when these come down in price I'd love one. Would be real useful with laptops. Would not have to keep any media directly in the onboard memory.

[manu1991]

From what I understand, memory like this fails after data has been saved and deleted hundreds (or thousands) of times. Seems that a large capacity would last longer, because data could be stored on the drive instead of needing to be deleted and re-written due to lack of capacity.

Another limitation is that flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. Most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles, before the wear begins to deteriorate the integrity of the storage
Practically it not much of an issue

[Stranger99]

Jesus 900$=Quad Core 8GB Ram PC

[megabyteme]

Another limitation is that flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. Most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles, before the wear begins to deteriorate the integrity of the storage
Practically it not much of an issue

Thanks for the details, manu1991. Was going off of my own memory which has gone through way too many write-erase-write cycles. :D

It has been a potential issue for some of the Solid State drives used as HDD replacements. I imagine anything with this capacity would be used as a portable version, or could even contain a live version of an operating system and all data.

I agree with everyone else that there is no reason why it would be less reliable than any other drive of this type. My thought was potentially more reliable because of the fewer necessary over-writes.

[mbucari1]

At the rate I lose flash drives, anything over 4GB is a waste of money.

[manu1991]

Practically it not much of an issue

Thanks for the details, manu1991. Was going off of my own memory which has gone through way too many write-erase-write cycles. :D

It has been a potential issue for some of the Solid State drives used as HDD replacements. I imagine anything with this capacity would be used as a portable version, or could even contain a live version of an operating system and all data.

I agree with everyone else that there is no reason why it would be less reliable than any other drive of this type. My thought was potentially more reliable because of the fewer necessary over-writes.
No problem mate , the only problem i see with such a drive is that its USB 2.0 based which is very slow , they shouldve built in e-SATA or waited for USB 3.0

[chiquiloco]

WoW!! look the cost!!.. i can buy with 900$ computer very very good!! with 1 TB memry

[megabyteme]

the only problem i see with such a drive is that its USB 2.0 based which is very slow , they shouldve built in e-SATA or waited for USB 3.0

That's a very good point! Potentially there could be a lot of data to move around.

Maybe they just wanted to keep the price point "reasonable". :P

[2slick4u]

they can keep it 4 that price

[saulin]

With $900, I can buy a laptop! :D


No kidding. A laptop with that much space or more.

[Rart]

Holy crap that is a large flash drive... but who the hell in their right mind would even consider buying it?

[clocker]

Just what I want...250GB of data moving through a USB port.
Life's too bloody short.

[AlexJ]

A 1TB external hard drive is cheaper than this,
And not alot of people would fill up 256 Gb on a flash drive.

[Scytalle]

I wouldn't consider it, even the read/write times were decent. I would be curious at how many times data could be written to it before it failed though. I would just go for a external hard drive as opposed to this but that's just me.