Reddit reviews Samsung 32GB BAR (METAL) USB 3.0 Flash Drive (MUF-32BA/AM)

Truthfully I'd just recreate what I have, as it would almost entirely fit inside the budget:
SS Jotter, I used this before switching to a TT Shaker, it is still fantastic.
Leek, been thinking about upgrading but still fantastic and the alternatives are way more expensive.
SF 348 I got the unlabelled BLF variant, and it is fantastic. Sleek, small, and bright.
MOTA Pocket Tool One of the card tool variants, I've used a few of its parts, but will radily admit that on these not everything is useful.
Flowfold This holds everything listed above, and does so without increasing the volume of my pocket, and making everything quieter and easier to pick up and go with.
Cable Key Ring Great, because it is large and thin, so I have my keys and car keys and USB on here. I tried a Keydisk mini, but found it still rattles against the car key, is fairly bulky, and cannot hold the USB. May try one of the new Orbitkeys next.
USB Drive, goes with the keys, I actually have a SP J80 32, but for some reason that one has increased in price.
Bifold Wallet The one I currently have is very similar, but I have no idea what it is called, a basic bifold.

So, this budget covers everything save the watch, which I didn't leave room for, because downgrading from a pebble would be sad, and getting one would be the entire budget. My choice to recollect everything I have mostly indicates how happy I am with the set that I created.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr_1_4

I would go 32gb 3.0. That's the best value IMO.

I carry this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-JetFlash-Flash-Drive-TS32GJF710S/dp/B00LFVITLK/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1493755530&sr=8-17&keywords=usb+flash+transcend+jetflash

And I love it. It lives on my keying, and I was worried about it getting bent or dented, but I've had it over a year now and it's totally fine. It's the smallest one I could find that wasn't stupid small like the Sandisk Cruzer Fit or Ultra Fit. I used to have one of those. It was dumb. theres no need to go that small unless it's a semi-permanent fixture on whatever you stick it in. The only con to the Transcend is that it's hole isn't big enough for any common split ring to fit through, at least not that I could find. I had to buy a tiny one for it so I could actually put it on a key ring with my keys. Edit: actually, it does fit, the problem is that the hole is just large enough to fit and gets bound up - can't rotate freely.

This one stays in my tool bag and has a lanyard on it:
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-32GB-Ultra-Dual-Drive/dp/B01CVOLBPK/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1493755333&sr=8-21&keywords=Usb+flash+32+3.0

I picked that one up honestly because it was the cheapest and reasonably smallest size at the 32gb capacity. I haven't had to use the micro USB side yet, but I figured it might come in handy some day on a gig.

If I bought another one, I'd probably get a Kingston like others have suggested, or this guy:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1493755333&sr=8-4&keywords=Usb+flash+32+3.0

>https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr\_1\_4

There are many reviews complaining about the speeds of that one too. It seems hard to find consistently fast drives!

I use this thumb drive, and have it half partitioned as ext4 for music, half as FAT32 for TeslaCam. Used for several months now daily, no issues. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013CCTM2E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?

I have this one and like it.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71hcGiP7D5L._SX466_.jpg

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=twister_B0148N153A?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Pedantic: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E

On topic: Water.

Class 10 but it does not really matter. Once you run them 24/7 for 12 weeks, they get physically corrupted on the block. Not fun (you throw them away). I got the good ones, a combination of samsung, memorex, sony, patriot, they all fail at some point. I would highly recommend to create a usb mounting point like so: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pi-3-booting-part-i-usb-mass-storage-boot/

You don't build such cluster to achieve anything but learning. You stretch every aspect of this cluster design (power, eth0, throughput, writing on the card, interface, everything) and you will definitely have so "gotcha" moment as you troubleshoot along the way. Highly recommend. Building a 5 nodes cluster is better than 3. Nine nodes are overkill but still fun.

If I had to redo it all over the gain, I would get a 4gb pack:
https://www.amazon.com/10-PACK-SanDisk-SDSDQAB-008G-Packaging/dp/B00MHZ70KO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1481181417&sr=8-6&keywords=8gb+micro+sd+card+pack

and x9
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481181453&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=usb%2Bkey%2Bsamsung%2Busb3&th=1

I believe I will be able to get a 2mb/sec sustain throughput on Spark with this sort of setup, not sure, possibly more. Got to try. Why the usb3? I image these on the laptop so it is much faster than USB2. If not, a USB2 keys will suffice. More than 32gb of storage per node is useless.

FUCKYOUINYOURFACE is right, even with this setup, it is a slow as shit cluster, but you absolutely control this environment in every dimensions you can think of. And that is awesome in my book.

Does it give you some specific error? I bought this one and it works fine, though I did have to do 2 steps off the instructions to get it to work.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480269598&sr=1-4&keywords=usb+drive

I mean I'm sure the flash drive that I used Windows Readyboost on 10 years ago and later ended up using as swap space on my router is probably toast, I still have it in a box but haven't tried using it in years. We're talking about buying a brand new drive and writing once, though.

I last wrote to it on 2/8/16, turning it into a Windows 10 install drive. The installer still works and I was able to open up the text files just fine and the text was still valid. I ran Chkflsh though and the whole drive passed the read test except for the last block on the drive was red. I tried reformatting the drive fresh and then it passed chkflsh fully, so maybe the drive provisioned the bad block.

This is on a Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive, and it still gets 29.92 MB/s read speed and 12.10 MB/s write speed.

This benchmark from 2008 on the drive had it getting "an average read speed of 22MB per second, and an average write speed of 11.2MB per second" for the 32 GB version.

https://www.computershopper.com/peripherals/reviews/patriot-xporter-xt-boost

Since this drive is so old and has been through hell (I've left it in my pants pocket and ran it through the washer and drier, and the whole enclosure falls off now), I wouldn't use this drive for anything (all of my other drives are faster USB 3.0 ones and higher capacity), but if someone needed to I would suggest formatting it as ZFS or archiving in another error-correcting format.

Compare this to my 5 TB SMR drive I bought for archiving 2.5 years ago that died last year...and my WD Black2 drive where the hard drive portion died shortly after a year but the SSD portion is still going strong. And my laptop's hard drive that died right after the 1 year warranty was up.

You should expect flash storage to last an order of magnitude longer than mechanical drives, outside of heavy R/W use cases. And they are much more resilient to physical trauma. Flash drives are usually still read-able after failure, they just can't be written to reliably. The block failing at the end of my drive could probably have been avoided with some over-provisioning. buying a 30 GB flash drive (32 GB flash storage with 2 GB provisioned) may be a better bet for avoiding these failed blocks, but again this issue was likely causes due to a high number of writes over the years. I would avoid your cheap plastic sandisk cruzers that you can find for a great price in those multi-packs. I wouldn't be surprised if the solder joints in your sandisk drives went out and your actual flash memory is still just fine inside of them. You may want to get a sturdy drive like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E

It is shielded from x-rays. It has a 5 year warranty, so the idea that it would only last for 1 or 2 years doesn't really add up.

Unless you can recommend a better storage media?

Samsung makes the best SSDs, but for USB drives it doesn't really matter. Get a name brand with good reviews.

If I had to pick I'd say this one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B013CCTM2E/ref=mh_s9_acsd_zgift_bDDqV_c_x_1_w/134-9061150-7711258?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-6&pf_rd_r=CJM5RV57WAGC4DBTAPVX&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_p=dcbcea51-a807-5db6-8cd0-5aac7c6bfe8c&pf_rd_i=3151491

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B013CCTM2E/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496076349&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=usb+stick&dpPl=1&dpID=31BGIGlWzSL&ref=plSrch

This one: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B013CCTM2E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I just tested it on my other computer though, and it seems you're right. For small files it's much faster, but for large files it starts fast but slows down after a few seconds, and it's much faster reading, where I got 150 MB/s.

I used to own a Samsung BAR flash drive. It was this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013CCTM2E/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It got too hot to touch and the write speed was miserably slow. Those two things led me to leaving it in the computer at school and donating it to the next user. I went ahead and bought a SanDisk EXTREME Go instead: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NARBPI7/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
No complaints.

The flash drive I'm using is actually brand new. Maybe it's the computer? It's a mid-2010 model.

My original intention was to continue dual booting Windows 7 and Linux, and I was actually planning to try out Arch anyway, since I hear it has a very thorough guide online.

I followed a guide linked by another user, which added "UEFI Boot: Ubuntu" to my boot menu, still getting grub rescue. I reformatted my USB ("MS-DOS (FAT)" and "Master Boot Record"), and tried to write Arch to it using dd, but it's still going to the grub rescue screen. I tried both Legacy boot and UEFI boot, exact same result. Odd thing to note is that after I reformatted and put Arch on the drive, the UEFI boot option was still listed as Ubuntu. Not sure if that means anything?

I definitely have some data on the drive that I'd like to recover, but I think I have an enclosure somewhere if I decide to pull the drive out and I can just use another machine to read the data. I absolutely need to have a functioning laptop by tomorrow morning though, so I'm going to go out and grab a cheap one in a bit. I'm leaning towards ASUS X540LA, but also considering HP 15-af131dx, ASUS X540SA, or Dell I3558. Ideally, I'll be able to just use the new one to write a bootable USB, and then I'll return it.

You can record up to 1 hour in 1080p 30fps on an external drive that is not formatted for games. I use this Flashdrive

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My three needed items:

1. Samsung 32G Bar USB - I need this because for some reason the computer hooked up to the fluorescent microscope I use for cell imaging refuses to acknowledge any of the USBs I currently own. I specifically need this USB because a graduate student from another lab has this one, and it works. I have had to borrow their USB for many experiments, and it would be far more convenient to own one myself.
   
   
   
2. TranSoul iPhone 6s Replacement Screen with Tools - Ever since switching to iPhone 6 from 5, the screen has been cracking like crazy. I need this kit because I can replace the screen, and it will save me a lot of money in repairs. ($129 Apple repair vs. ~$40 self-repair)
   
   
   
3. Otterbox iPhone 6 Case - Related to item above, I need a case for my phone to prevent it from getting further damage

Amazon has them for cheap.

My friend who recommended them to me said he once put one through the laundry & it came out working just fine.

A different friend swears the metal bodies are cursed & can cause a short that fries your laptop.

I've been through 4 of them (2x 32GB and now 2x 64GB) and they've never given me one ounce of trouble for Mac, Windows or Rekordbox.

Good luck. If your brother has a different operating system than you I think I'd avoid lending your drives to him. The one I used in college started corrupting files when I would it use it between my Mac and the PCs in one department. Now I only use these keychain memory sticks if I have to transfer stuff between other people's computers. If it shits out, that's only like $15 down the drain.

I don't think I'll be able to do this on my primary flash drives.

Samsung 32GB BAR (METAL) USB 3.0 Flash Drive (MUF-32BA/AM) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gaR6ybHKD6NFZ

Idk about that one but this one is amazing

I really like this one from Samsung. I've got one, and it has served me very well so far.

Chance that it has failed.

The tool can't kill the drive since it just does a simple format, copy files and installs a mbr.

Writing to the drive can kill it when it is on its last legs.

I would have you try the hp format tool from within windows:

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html

If that fails I would have you boot into a linux live cd and run gparted on the flash drive. If you can't read it in linux the thing is dead.

Flash drives are only like $20 so you can just replace it for cheap (amazon is having a sale anyway)


The 32 gb ones have worked well for me, they have been in the washing machine and dryer and still work fine. (I had a 128 gb start acting goofy but it has a long warranty)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499756717&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=flash+drive

They are cheap enough. I keep this one on my keychain. It has windows, linux, utilities, etc.


https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E

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I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-METAL-Flash-MUF-32BA-AM/dp/B013CCTM2E/

Comes in 32/64/128 GB configs.