Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Needless to say, the Rocket Q 8TB is the larger brother of the 2TB model i reviewed a while back (review here) and thus it also makes use of QLC (quad-level cell) flash memory.
Which as some of you already know may not be quite as fast or durable as TLC (not to mention MLC and SLC) but it’s much more affordable and allows for much higher capacities something which is quite evident just by looking at the number 8.
For this specific model Sabrent has used Micron’s 96-layer QLC NAND flash memory along with 16GB of DDR3L DRAM by Kingston (for the 8TB model) and of course Phison’s E12S eight-channel (32 CE targets) controller (RKT-303 as Sabrent likes to call it.).
Which supports several current technologies like SLC caching, StrongECC, SmartRefresh, SmartFlush, LDPC (low density parity check), end-to-end data protection, thermal monitoring, AES-256 encryption, ONFi 2.3/3.0/3.2/4.0 and TCG Pyrite/OPAL support.
As for endurance numbers Sabrent reports an MTBF (meantime between failure) of 1.8 million hours with a TBW (Terabytes Written) of 1800 (the entire Rocket Q line of SSDs is covered by a 5-year limited warranty via online registration).
