: The only reason it might be considered "better" today is for specialized data recovery industrial legacy systems
: It is prone to firmware corruption, which can lead to data loss if not regularly backed up.
: Its primary advantage today is universal compatibility with very old hardware (legacy PCs, car stereos, or industrial equipment) that may not correctly recognize newer high-capacity USB 3.2 drives. Maintenance and Recovery
| Metric | SSS6697-B7 | |--------|-------------| | Read speed | ~15–25 MB/s | | Write speed | ~4–10 MB/s (often <8 MB/s) | | 4K random | Very poor (<0.5 MB/s) | | Sustained write | Drops after cache fills |