Re: [tlug] USB drive speed

[David Santinoli <marauder@example.com>]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 07:58:55PM +0900, Darren Cook wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to see if a drive is using USB 1 vs. USB 2?
> [...]
> # hdparm -t /dev/sda    (USB drive)
> /dev/sda:
>  Timing buffered disk reads:   82 MB in  3.05 seconds =  26.85 MB/sec

It's obviously USB 2, as the USB 1 bandwidth (12 Mbit/s) would allow no
more than 1.5 MB/s.

Cheers,
 David
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