AMD Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Hi everyone! I'm looking for a portable SSD to store my LPX and NI libraries and samples on. I came across these ones, but they seem very cheap compared to branded ones. I'm wondering if any of you have one and can share your opinions of it? Thanks. {unsafe link to versik website was removed by admin} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) I don't have one of these, yet still want to share my opinion: The ad starts off with Never Worry About Data Loss Again!, followed by terms like reliable data storage, critical business documents, rock-solid durability, and then comes the punch line: a risk-free 30-day guarantee for all of your purchases, which roughly translates to: "If your drive fails within 30 days, all data on it will be lost, however 'critical' it may be, but we will generously either replace the purchase (the drive!) with a new one or refund the cost of it (and cheap it was). If the drive fails after just 30 days, you are screwed anyway, and your friends will laugh at you. Have a nice day." The drive itself may be ok, by the way, I just hate that kind of self-deluding advertisement. Edited July 10, 2023 by fuzzfilth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) I see the price for a 30TB drive is £75, and I think "Yeah, no." Cheap SSD scam, for sure. Avoid. Edited July 10, 2023 by des99 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonshu Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 The basic truth applies: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 Thanks folks. Of course you are all right. I feel a bit stupid for asking now. I’ll stick to the branded ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacki Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 And to add to this: The domain was registered two months ago (May 9th) but the website shows testimonials going back to April. The same testimonials but under different names can also be found here: https://wrapango.com/products/ultra-speed-external-ssd 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 Oh thanks gacki, well spotted. Definitely a scam then. BTW, how do you check when a domain name was registered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, AMD said: BTW, how do you check when a domain name was registered? It depends on the domain name, as different top level domains are handled by different organisations. But you can look up domain info online, generally. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacki Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, AMD said: BTW, how do you check when a domain name was registered? That's part of the so-called WHOIS record. There are tools for this; I'm using WhatRoute most of the time. But as @des99 wrote there are also online tools for this. Here's the relebant part of the WHOIS entry: [whois.crsnic.net] Domain Name: VERSIK.COM Registry Domain ID: 2779404397_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com Updated Date: 2023-05-09T17:23:12Z Creation Date: 2023-05-09T17:23:10Z Registry Expiry Date: 2024-05-09T17:23:10Z Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 1068 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: {email hidden} Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM The Creation Date is the giveaway here; also it is rather uncommon for reputable vendors to register domains for just a single year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) It's also a copy of an existing company name (Verisk), a data security company, and spelling it wrong and hoping people think it's that reputable company. Edited July 10, 2023 by des99 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, gacki said: That's part of the so-called WHOIS record. There are tools for this; I'm using WhatRoute most of the time. But as @des99 wrote there are also online tools for this. Here's the relebant part of the WHOIS entry: [whois.crsnic.net] Domain Name: VERSIK.COM Registry Domain ID: 2779404397_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com Updated Date: 2023-05-09T17:23:12Z Creation Date: 2023-05-09T17:23:10Z Registry Expiry Date: 2024-05-09T17:23:10Z Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 1068 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: {email hidden} Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM The Creation Date is the giveaway here; also it is rather uncommon for reputable vendors to register domains for just a single year. Dirty sneaky scammers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 11:40 AM, AMD said: Hi everyone! I'm looking for a portable SSD to store my LPX and NI libraries and samples on. I came across these ones, but they seem very cheap compared to branded ones. I'm wondering if any of you have one and can share your opinions of it? Thanks. {unsafe link to versik website was removed by admin} ASSUMING you actually receive a product after purchase — and not a whole slew of fraudulent credit card payments — chances are, it may report the capacity you allegedly paid for, but behind the controller chip will be 16 or 32 GB of really cheap Flash RAM to pass initial testing. Also, LOL at 30 TERAbytes for — 75£. The very cheapest SSD storage currently comes at 35€ per terabyte. And that's bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 It's also USB2 speed... so, snails, basically... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 No more convincing necessary, thanks 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavsu1 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 It is fake. Forget it and no touch no more! https://threatyeti.com/search?q=versik.com It sends fake responses to internet security companies. //admin, mods : the url in question should be censored.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) I simply buy [SSD ...] drives at an (American ...) office-supply store, and I have never had any problems. Of course it has a USB-C interface. I'm frankly not "price-sensitive" because the prices, across the board, are very low these days. Guess I've been in this crazy business long enough now to remember when this was definitely not the case . . . For "truly archival" storage requirements, I've also had good success with "SD Cards," which are now very inexpensive. Edited July 13, 2023 by MikeRobinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 11 hours ago, olavsu1 said: //admin, mods : the url in question should be censored.. Done, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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