On Thu 11 August 2011 11:50:17 Grant did opine thusly: > USB 3.0 throughput is said to be 625 MB/s so I must be running up > against the speed of the disk itself in USB 3.0 mode, > correct? Here's what I get from my internal SATA hard drive, but > it is surely a much faster disk: > > # hdparm -t /dev/sda > /dev/sda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 412 MB in 3.01 seconds = 136.99 MB/sec
Correct. The drive platters are still only going to get data off as fast as they ever did. Even with USB 3.0 that speed will not change. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
