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SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE Portable SSD Ecosystem Review
Ganesh T S on March 7, 2024 8:00 AM EST Western Digital had unveiled the SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE modular SSD ecosystem in mid-2022 to serve the needs of the professional market. The PRO-BLADE family comprises of three product lines - compact and sturdy NVMe drives (PRO-BLADE SSD Mags), a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) enclosure for the mags (PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT), and a four-bay Thunderbolt enclosure (PRO-BLADE STATION) directly compatible with the mags.
The central location with the PRO-BLADE STATION has the ability to ingest data from multiple SSD mags at speeds (Thunderbolt 3) higher than what is possible with the 20 Gbps TRANSPORT enclosures. Gallery: SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT and SSD Mag - Chassis Design and Internals The screws inside the enclosure after taking apart the cladding are normal ones. In fact, we also added a spare SanDisk Extreme PRO M.2 NVMe SSD to the CPU direct-attached M.2 22110 slot in the baseboard in order to avoid DMI bottlenecks when evaluating Thunderbolt 3 devices.
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