Re: [SLUG] IDE vs USB

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 17:44:39 EST


On 1/27/06, Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> So I copied a lot of data (around 120 GB) from /dev/hdb (IDE/ATAPI) to
> /dev/sda (IDE/ATAPI in an external USB case). This took a while. I noticed
> that hdb seemed to transfer data only about a third to half the time, while
> sda worked continuously (image here: http://24.94.123.65:81/ide-usb.jpg).
> What's the deal? Is hdb really 2-3 times faster than sda?

Is it a USB2 case/port? USB1 is only like 12Mbit/s (1.5MB/s), and
USB2 is 480Mbit/s (60MB/s)

BTW, the pic link worked for me.

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