Re: [tlug] New computer parts: USB faster than IDE

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, jep200404 wrote:

> Just how fast is external HDD over high speed USB (2.0)? I'm
> not asking about the theorhetical limits, but about _measured_
> performance....

I've used lots of both, and I find these days I'm getting 60 MB/sec or
so raw read/write out of modern 7200 RPM SATA drives, and about 20-25
MB/sec or so for the same drives run through a USB 2 interface.

cjs
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