The SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE enterprise-class hard drive with a USB-C (10Gbps) interface delivers ultra-reliable, high-capacity storage in a premium, stylish design. The 7200RPM Ultrastar drive inside features powerful performance with speeds up to 280MB/s read and 280MB/s write (22TB capacity) that is perfect for fast backup and access to your HD videos, photos, music, and other high-value content. The stackable, anodized all-aluminum enclosure offers premium durability and anchor points for attaching to a DIT cart, a cheese plate, or other gear for your production needs. The G-DRIVE desktop hard drive also offers LED light brightness customization with three modes to choose from, comes ready for Mac outside the box, and is easily reformatted for Windows. Note: 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment. 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
USB-C (10Gbps) drive for fast backup with up to 280MB/s read and 280MB/s write (1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.).Specific uses: Business, multimedia, and personal
High-capacity, enterprise-class Ultrastar 7200RPM drive inside
Mac Ready, Apple Time Machine compatible; easily reformatted for Windows
Stackable, anodized aluminum enclosure offers premium durability
Three modes of brightness to adjust the LED lights
Customers say
Customers give mixed feedback about the hard drive’s build quality, with some saying it’s built like a tank while others report it failing within three months. The speed receives mixed reviews, with some praising its performance while others find it very slow. Functionality is also mixed, with some saying it runs well while others report it stops working after a few months. Moreover, the drive receives negative feedback for its noise level, being described as the loudest hard drive ever, and its disconnect rate, with customers reporting frequent disconnections. Additionally, storage capacity and power saving features receive mixed reviews, with some praising its massive storage while others report it going dormant after a period of time.
C. Clymer –
Fast and reliable at a great price. Get one!
Nice capacity drive at a great price. Seems to be faster than the now really old G-RAID Studio Lightning that it is replacing. I needed a new drive quick (old drive case was failing) and this was a great choice for me. I received it in one day at a great price. Using it for storage and working with terabytes of photos, videos and graphic files connected to my Mac. I have not run any speed tests, but it seems plenty quick to me. It has also been reliable for me, since I bought this some time ago and am now writing a review. I would not use this drive for app caching, since 2-4 TB solid state drives are fairly inexpensive now and would work a lot better for that purpose. The only issue I ran across (which has been mentioned in other reviews) is the aggressive drive sleeping. It was annoying (since it was sleeping after only a few minutes of inactivity). But, changing the system settings for the drive have helped. As well as taking it off of a brand new USB 4.0 hub and plugging it directly into my Mac. There is no G-Tech software for this drive. It is only plug and play. So far I have no complaints. It has been fast and reliable. Hopefully it will last as long as the last G-Tech drive it replaces. If you need a large drive for a great price, this one is great.
JerryR –
Ran fine for 5 months then died
I was very happy with this drive for 5 months–right up until yesterday when it failed. I have the 6TB version formatted APFS and I’ve been using it as a Time Machine backup drive on my Mac. While performing an hourly backup yesterday MacOS reported that the drive had ejected. I ran First Aid on the drive and it reported bad sectors and that the drive was not repairable. At the time it failed it was only 60% full.I alternate between 3 drives for backups just for occasions like this so I simply erased the drive and tried again. Same problem. Then I repartioned, erased, and tried. Same result. So I started the long process of trying multiple file system formats including APFS, Mac OS Journaled, and even ExFAT. I also tried partitioning into multiple volumes and testing each volume separately. Everything I tried had the same result. When I attempted to write to the drive it would begin and after less than a minute the drive would eject itself.The message was the same one you see if you unplug a drive without unmounting first–a simple warning that the drive was ejected without being unmounted. Looking at the drive in Disk Utility I can see that despite the warning message the failed drive was not actually unmounted nor was it ejected. I just can’t write to it.Since experiencing this issue I’ve read a number of similar reports with this specific model. I have been a big fan of Sandisk until now. I have over dozen Sandisk SD cards and several Sandisk SSD drives which have all performed well for years. This model (a mechanical drive) is the first Sandisk drive that I’ve had trouble with.But unfortunately, and unlike much cheaper Seagate and Western Digital backup drives I’ve used in the past, this drive is now completely useless. Even after a failure my cheap WD and Seagate drives can simply be reformatted and used for non-critical storage tasks but this 6TB Sandisk G-Drive is now completely unusable since it will no longer stay mounted. Regardless of how it’s formatted the drive unmounts and ejects itself as soon as a write is attempted.Very disappointing.
My Public Name –
So far so good; no random disconnects on Windows 10
I have two of these and only on ordering the second did I notice that there were a lot of reviews mentioning random “disconnects”. Most seem to be using Macs, but at least one complained that it would “vanish” from My Computer. I’ve seen large thumb drives that randomly become “inaccessible” to Windows (though remain in My Computer), but never heard of external HDDs doing this. What a nightmare that would be.Thankfully, using Windows 10, I have not experienced any such issues with these drives. I did disable “Selective Suspend” and the ability for Windows to turn off the drive in Device Manager, but I have no idea if either of these steps were required, as I never saw the first one disconnect or vanish and I had Selective Suspend on at that time.Like a lot of external drives, these do eventually “sleep” with inactivity and this causes a few second pause on the first read. After that, they stay awake until the next period of inactivity (seems to be measured in hours, not minutes).These drives must be reformatted for Windows using Disk Management (context click the Start Button to find it on a menu). That’s simple to do and documented enough that a Google search will easily find the instructions.10.9TB out of 12TB seems about par for the course, as apparently Windows “loses” some of each drive.Have also seen advice to be sure to use the cable that comes with the drive. That’s ridiculous, unless all other available cables are not up to the latest standards. I’ve used these drives with random USB-C and USB-C to A cables without any issues.These drives are also seem very sturdy and I’ve heard that they can run standing on end or lying flat. Will be putting that to the test soon, as I need one of them to fit into a tight space in a cabinet.
Keith –
Good price and works very well. Lay down horizontally unlike a lot of other desktop drives.
Phil M –
Housing build quality is good as expected. Power cable/brick cord is definitely fairly stiff so I worry about long term durability if this drive is moved around. I’ve been using this drive for photo storage, no complains on speed/usability on my MBP16, sure it’s not as fast as SSD but it’s not detrimental to workflow. As other reviews mention, a large amount of advertised space is lost through the formatting on this drive. Comes with power supply and USB-C cable. I’d definitely purchase this drive again if looking for a non-redundant directly attached large capacity storage device.
Shantanu Das –
I received the drive and connected to my MacBook Pro in to Thunderbolt port. But the drive was not detected. Only works through a USB cable only. I raised a complaint with Scandisk but no help provided. The drive stalls during video playback. So use for normal data only. Not good for video editing.
Cliente Amazon –
Excelente compra
Jorge Arturo –
Viene con todos los cables que puedes requerir para usarlo en tu computadora. Yo compré 2 discos para configurar una opción de RAID 1 y usarlo como disco de trabajo cotidiano en una Mac, es una buena opción por si consideras comprar un arreglo de discos dedicado con configuración de fábrica tipo RAID 1, considera que tú mismo puedes usar 2 discos y vía instrucciones sencillas en el sistema operativo de Mac puedes hacer tu propia configuración RAID 1.