[NTLUG:Discuss] external hard drive question

[Daniel Hauck]

Mike LaPlante さんは書きました:
> VanSchuyver, Shawn (Contractor) wrote:
>> ¥> OS: Mandriva 2007
>> ¥> Device:  SP-UF35/750 SimpleTech SimpleDrive External Designed by
>> ¥> Pininfarina - hard drive - 750 GB - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB
>> ¥> Question:  Any Pros/Cons between USB and FireWire?
>> ¥
>> +>USB is more compatible.   There are still many firewire chipsets
>> +>that are not well supported.
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>> Firewire is faster by almost 2X when it is supported.
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> Not trying to hi-jack the thread or anything, but does any one know a 
> utility that lets you monitor usb transfer speeds. I have some external 
> drives and sometimes the writes seem slow even though I'm plugged into 
> the 2.0 port, and the cable is 2.0. lsusb confirms the port is 2.0 but 
> I'd like to see a mb/s or something so I could be sure.
> 
> Mike

Actually, I'd say that's a very relevant point.  Let's agree on some 
testing methods and we can ALL run tests on our various sets of 
hardware.  I have a variety of external drives both firewire and USB 
2.0.  I have no firewire 800 hardware, but I can certainly run some 
tests against the hardware I have now.  Establishing standard test 
procedures and reporting the results to the list could be a very useful 
exercise.