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FASTEST ALWAYS WINS The Samsung Portable S D X5 is sure to delight anyone using Thunderbolt 3 technology and in need of superfast transfers. Rory Cantwell from Soho Editors puts one to the test
With technological synergies between NVMe and Thunderbolt 3 technology, the Samsung portable drive offers superfast read/write speeds up to 2800/2300 MB/s. Its read/write speeds are respectively up to 5.2x/4.5x faster than Samsung PSSD (SATA), and up to 25.5x/20.9x faster than Samsung’s external HDD. NEW CAMERA FORMATS Rory had previously been using the Samsung T3 Portable SSD. However, with new camera Raw formats becoming more commonplace, he saw an opportunity with Thunderbolt 3 to turbocharge his work throughput, taking them to levels
SOHO EDITORS is a global training and talent agency for post-production crew. It runs multiple editing and colour grading studios – and these have to carry the latest incremental software, with the fastest processors in the newest hardware. The company has re-equipped its workstations, which usually means a parallel update of accessories to take advantage of any speed hikes that are part and parcel of new connection technology. One new connection is Thunderbolt 3, so it was timely that Rory Cantwell could twin his new Thunderbolt 3 workstation with the cutting-edge technology of the Samsung Portable SSD X5.
he couldn’t have imagined two years ago. “I had a job I was grading and wanted to back up the media, and I had about half a terabyte of data on the drive that was supplied – the Samsung Portable SSD X5 drive blasted through it in no time at all, I’d never seen anything so quick,” says Cantwell. “In our world, the goalposts are always moving and that’s especially true of camera formats. We’re now getting new Raw camera formats like ProRes Raw and Blackmagic Design BRAW. These are beautiful, but they produce big files, although they are very efficient at the same time. We need new ways of transferring them in a studio situation. So, the trend is always bigger and better, which usually means larger files to deal with. “The Samsung Portable SSD X5 features a thermal
management technology”
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