On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:45:41 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? > > I don't want to install any ventor-software, I just want one that plugs > > and play. > > > > Any recommendations? > > My USB 3 stick works fine, at its full advertised speed (190MB/s read, > 100MB/s write.) So an HD should work fine though. There's no third-party > drivers needed.
I've been using two bog-standard USB-3 Seagate expansion drives for a couple of years. They're for whole-system backups of my Gentoo boxes, so they aren't exactly heavily stressed. I haven't measured their speeds, but they're much faster than the USB-2 drives I had before them. -- Regards, Peter.
