INTRODUCTION

   Ever since the very first consumer oriented solid state drives (SSDs) made their public debut in 2007 they changed pretty much everything we knew up and until that time about storage media. This of course didn't have to do just with internal drives but external as well and for some people (primarily professionals) the latter had a far stronger impact than the former. A few years back we "jumped" from the much slower SATA II/III and mSATA interface to the M.2 PCIe interface which currently thanks to the introduction of the NVMe specification (and of course PCIe 4.0) offers speeds we didn't actually thought possible when all this started. This is also why M.2 NVMe portable SSDs are enjoying such high popularity levels lately and one of the most talked about lines is no other than the Rocket Pro by Sabrent the 2TB variant of which i have here with me today.

   Sabrent is a leading American manufacturer of computer peripherals and accessories, bringing uniquely styled quality products to consumers worldwide. Sabrent’s commitment is to offer the latest technology and the highest quality consumer electronic products at an affordable cost to everyone. Since its founding, Sabrent has consistently delivered to market a full line of computer peripherals and accessories that incorporate style, quality and the latest technologies available.

   For their Rock Pro line of USB 3.2 Gen 2 portable SSDs (currently available in 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB/4TB capacities) Sabrent used a thick yet compact aluminum enclosure (build quality aside this also helps with heat dissipation) inside which they placed their award winning Rocket M.2 NVMe PCIe 3x4 SSD line (Phison E12S controller paired with Toshiba BiCS 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash and 4GB of DRAM for the 2TB variant) and the JMicron JMS583 USB 3.1 Gen 2 to PCIe Gen3x2 bridge controller (supports TCG pass-through, TRIM and UASP). Now even though the Rocket M.2 NVMe PCIe 3x4 SSDs can reach data speeds of up to 3400-2700MB/s in read-write since this is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 portable model (and not a Thunderbolt 3 one - even though it's also compatible with TB3 connectivity and above) its performance should be limited at 1000MB/s (10Gb/s). Also, as with other products by Sabrent the entire Rocket Pro line is covered by a 5-year limited warranty (as long as you register the product with them - 1 year if you do not).