Fastest external hard drive interface nowadays

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I run virtual machines from an external hard drive from my Mac (internal SSD is not big enough for what I do).

My question is:

Which would the fastest external interface be nowadays assuming I have the fastest SSD hard drive on it?

  • USB-3
  • USB Type C
  • Thunderbolt
  • eSata
  • Other?

What would you guys recommend?

Thanks!

Pablo Santa Cruz

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use Thunderbolt 3 with PCIe/M2 enclosure, this is the fastest way. – magicandre1981 – 2017-09-21T15:50:04.403

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Go for USB type-C. It has at least 5Gbps bandwidth and might be compatible with some mobile devices' OTG feature. Also, newly released ultra-thin laptops tend to include only USB type-C.

Chang Qian

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