Re: Interesting speed benchmarks

M. Warner Losh wrote:
In message: <45B9895B.9020709@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Colin Percival <cperciva@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > Firewire does around 40MB/s, while USB 2.0 maxes out at about 12MB/s.
:
: I get 25MB/s from my Vantec Nexstar3
: USB 2.0 enclosure:
:
: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-01-28-vantex-nexstar3.html

Still, 25MB/s is no 40MB/s...

Sure, but it means that the performance issues aren't simply a global "USB 2.0
is bad". What does `diskinfo -c` say about your firewire and USB interfaces?

Colin Percival

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