The Rugged SSD *Pro* (black) does not have encryption while the regular Rugged SSD (orange) does. I think they could have made a better product decision.
La Cie is a pun. The parent company is Seagate, and La Cie is French for "The Company". The enclosed chip is called a "FireCuda", which presumably is some sort of mythical sea monster. Lol. 🌊 I just bought one of the Pro thunderbolt ones for my Mac Mini 🧡
Only getting about 950 mb/s running on imac 2019 5k Seagate Firecuda intel icore9. Ran both black magic and Amorphus Disk Mark. Any factors could be contributing to this?
There can be so many reasons. I am not a mac user so it is very hard for me to comment. However, if it was me I would check if you are sure that you are connected via TB3 with a TB3 cable? Are you using the latest supported OS version? nothing else is running in the background and there are no other TB3 connected. There might be a million other reasons I am not aware of - I would suggest trying it on a different computer to see what you are getting there as well.
@@KeyIntelMedia OK... Again I am really not a MAC expert (never used probably never will). I would suggest trying this on another computer and seeing what you are getting. I would not test syntactic anyway - it means nothing - do a real-world transfer of say 100GB or more and see how long it takes this will tell you much more about the actual performance of the drive.
Would this drive achieve the speeds of usb 3.2 2x2 specifications which is 20 gb/s as I know it's supported via backward compatibility anyway as a usb c device?
We only tested it via Thunderbolt 3 connection and you have the speeds that we got in the review. Typically TB3 drives don't have backward compatibility to USB 3.2 2x2 (we didn't test it in this case as we didn't have a USB 3.2 2x2 card in our computer back in late 2020 only sometime last year).
I just bought a LaCie SSD Rugged Pro but it does not work with any of my computers which are Thunderbolt 2. I am using the Apple Adapter (from T3 to T2 ) but nothing. Do you thunk this Harddrive works only with Thunderbolt 3? Thanx
abcd nope, I had to give it back because it did not work at all. That hard drive does not work with thunderbolt 2 devices. We have been trying with macbook pros, mac pros and so on.
@@musicgalaxy8832 Thunderbolt 2 ports/cables don't supply power that's why. These new ssds need power to run and thunderbolt 3 cables/ports are the only way to get that power, data, AND speed out of these new devices simultaneously. So your device needs a thunderbolt 3 port to even work with anything that's bus-powered like these new ssds. A T3 to T2 adapter would only work if the T3 side of the connection was the PORT on your computer going to a T2 device, not the opposite.
any recommended Thunderbolt 2 External Hard Drives that specifically runs Thunderbolt 2 most videos or product reviews never specifically say Thunderbolt 2
@@garyproctor4919 Yes, LaCie has an orange rugged SATA-SSD with 1TB in its range with a fixed Thunderbolt 2 cable. You can also connect it to USB 3.2 Gen 2. The model number is: STFS1000401 I bought it myself in 2017 and it still works. The maximum read / write speed is 510 MB/s.
The Rugged SSD *Pro* (black) does not have encryption while the regular Rugged SSD (orange) does. I think they could have made a better product decision.
Thank you, Lensvid. This is informative and useful.
:) many thanks.
La Cie is a pun. The parent company is Seagate, and La Cie is French for "The Company". The enclosed chip is called a "FireCuda", which presumably is some sort of mythical sea monster. Lol. 🌊
I just bought one of the Pro thunderbolt ones for my Mac Mini 🧡
Lacie was purchased by Seagate in 2012 (integrated 2 years later) and has been a Seagate brand ever since (read the Wiki page).
Excellent review as usual
Only getting about 950 mb/s running on imac 2019 5k Seagate Firecuda intel icore9. Ran both black magic and Amorphus Disk Mark. Any factors could be contributing to this?
There can be so many reasons. I am not a mac user so it is very hard for me to comment. However, if it was me I would check if you are sure that you are connected via TB3 with a TB3 cable? Are you using the latest supported OS version? nothing else is running in the background and there are no other TB3 connected. There might be a million other reasons I am not aware of - I would suggest trying it on a different computer to see what you are getting there as well.
@@IddoGenuth Yea definitely using TB3 cable, even swapped for another. Running Monterrey.
@@KeyIntelMedia OK... Again I am really not a MAC expert (never used probably never will). I would suggest trying this on another computer and seeing what you are getting. I would not test syntactic anyway - it means nothing - do a real-world transfer of say 100GB or more and see how long it takes this will tell you much more about the actual performance of the drive.
Would this drive achieve the speeds of usb 3.2 2x2 specifications which is 20 gb/s as I know it's supported via backward compatibility anyway as a usb c device?
We only tested it via Thunderbolt 3 connection and you have the speeds that we got in the review. Typically TB3 drives don't have backward compatibility to USB 3.2 2x2 (we didn't test it in this case as we didn't have a USB 3.2 2x2 card in our computer back in late 2020 only sometime last year).
@@IddoGenuth Please can you kindly test it plus it's the usb c functionality that matters not thunderbolt
I just bought a LaCie SSD Rugged Pro but it does not work with any of my computers which are Thunderbolt 2. I am using the Apple Adapter (from T3 to T2 ) but nothing.
Do you thunk this Harddrive works only with Thunderbolt 3? Thanx
have you solved the problem?
abcd nope, I had to give it back because it did not work at all. That hard drive does not work with thunderbolt 2 devices. We have been trying with macbook pros, mac pros and so on.
@@musicgalaxy8832 Thunderbolt 2 ports/cables don't supply power that's why. These new ssds need power to run and thunderbolt 3 cables/ports are the only way to get that power, data, AND speed out of these new devices simultaneously. So your device needs a thunderbolt 3 port to even work with anything that's bus-powered like these new ssds. A T3 to T2 adapter would only work if the T3 side of the connection was the PORT on your computer going to a T2 device, not the opposite.
any recommended Thunderbolt 2 External Hard Drives that specifically runs Thunderbolt 2 most videos or product reviews never specifically say Thunderbolt 2
@@garyproctor4919 Yes, LaCie has an orange rugged SATA-SSD with 1TB in its range
with a fixed Thunderbolt 2 cable. You can also connect it to USB 3.2 Gen 2.
The model number is: STFS1000401 I bought it myself in 2017 and it still works.
The maximum read / write speed is 510 MB/s.
Great review. And don't forget about us, Apple users. But the price ....... :-//
You shouldn't read it as N.V.M.E., but Envy Me.
is it compatible also with thunderbolt 1, 2 and usb3?
Nope. TB3 is based around USB-C connection like almost all recent external SSDs.