SanDisk8TB Desk Drive SSD – Desktop External Solid State Drive, Up to 1000MB/s, USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - SDSSDT40-8T00-NA25​

Addressing the elephant in the room, this external requires its own power supply, it cannot simply run off of being connected to a computer. As uncommon as that is today, you should know it before purchasing and if that’s a deal breaker then you need a different external device. If that’s not an issue for you then I would highly recommend this drive. For me, the only limitation is bringing this drive in the field or maybe using It at an airport, which I personally wouldn’t do anyway. It’s not inconvenient to bring it from home to the office or using it in a hotel and even a lot of coffee shops have plugs near tables today. It simply depends on where you are going to need to use it.I use the 8tb with my MacBook Pro to house all of my 100K+ image library for Lightroom and Photoshop work. For the past several years I have shot with a Sony a7R III and Canon R5, both produce large raw files and editing them through this drive, especially complex edits, has been much faster than my prior drives. I do not do any video work, so I cannot speak to how well it would perform, but I would expect very well. The drive is responsive and fast, and (fortunately) I have not suffered from any connection issues. For a “portable” ssd it is on the chunky side, definitely not pocketable, but when sitting on my desk or a hotel bedside table I wouldn’t consider it oversized or inconvenient. I do think it is a bit too pricey, but currently, the options for an 8tb external ssd are limited. If you need (or just want) a large capacity external ssd I would highly recommend this drive, especially if you are considering using it as I do, to carry an image library and run edits through it.

Perfect for my needs...fast delivery. Easy to follow instructions. Thank you

It's a hard drive. It works.

Giving it four stars because it was missing a the USB-C to USB-C cable. Other than that its good to go. Using for FCPX video; works as it should and was simple to set up. Barley takes up any room on my desk, and doesn't look out of place next to everything else on the desk. It very sleek. It is pricey, but you get what you pay for; i guess for the sale price I couldn't get all the cables with it and Im too lazy to return the whole thing just for a cable.

Spendy but nice storage capacity and value for money. I like the portability of this drive. Quality seems great. It is easy to use and the design is different but nice. I like that it's stable and not likely to tip over if the cable gets pulled a little.

Only worked for a little bit before it completely stopped. Took several restarts to get it started again. But then it would not be recognized by the computer. Just returned it...bit disappointmet as I have used Sandisk products many times and each one has preformed flawlessly.

This SSD comes with everything you need to back up and restore should you be facing any problems.My mac was on the fritz permissions wise so i needed to do a full wipe and upgrade to the latest os.unboxed this, plugged it in, and its already on the right type EXFAT so everything works on mac and windows.got all my data saved pretty fast and restored my mac with EASE. i bought a mini pc and was able to get all my stuff on windows and both ssds backed up should anything else happen so i wont have down time. well worth the money.

Not cheap, but a great way to store photos and videos and free-up some of that valuable cloud space!