Samsung T9 Portable SSD (1TB)

Session files get large fast, especially once you're layering stems and exporting stems-on-stems for a class critique. The T9 moves data at speeds that keep up with real production work, and its rugged shock-resistant shell survives the actual backpack-and-classroom life of a working student — not just a desk. Buy once, stop worrying about losing a semester's work to a dead drive.