Transfer time?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I want to move a 7.5GB file to a remote USB drive.

any thoughts on how long this should take?

windows is saying 144 minutes (and counting,,,)

[incisor]

depends on the speed of the ram in the usb device :P

and what other I/O is happening at the time...

[abaddonxi]

USB 1 or 2?

USB 1 12Mbps, USB 2 480Mbps.

Cheers
Simon

[Pedro_The_Swift]

should be usb2,
when I plug the drive into my D-link USB hub it tells me the drive is hi-speed but the hub isnt,,
at the moment its plugged into the M/B
still saying 2 hours---
:mad:

[incisor]

stop ya whining and go and do something constructive!

better still you come down here and work on this dam pricelist....

did i mention i hate doing pricelists..!

[barryj]

stop ya whining and go and do something constructive!

better still you come down here and work on this dam pricelist....

did i mention i hate doing pricelists..!

Can you hurry up with that price list inc :angel:?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

OOOOOOPS!!!






in that case,,
I'm off for a countery
:p

[incisor]

Can you hurry up with that price list inc :angel:?

here (http://davecandoit.com/pcsystem.pdf) ;)

is done...

wish i could go for a countery mongrel....

[barryj]

here (http://davecandoit.com/pcsystem.pdf) ;)

is done...

wish i could go for a countery mongrel....

Time for a break now? I'm happy not to be in business these days :).

[abaddonxi]

Is the transfer done yet?

Cheers
Simon

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Price Pedro a firewire drive, inc. :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I just cant get over USB being so slow,,,,:eek:

[incisor]

may have something to do with your hardware and your antivirus software. disable the antivirus and see how much it speeds up, esp if you have scan compressed files turned on, heaps i bet.

both firewire and usb 2.0 are quicker on a mac, esp firewire, windows and linux for that matter get i/o bound on big files by comparison IME.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

may have something to do with your hardware and your antivirus software. disable the antivirus and see how much it speeds up, esp if you have scan compressed files turned on, heaps i bet.

both firewire and usb 2.0 are quicker on a mac, esp firewire, windows and linux for that matter get i/o bound on big files by comparison IME.

I have an external firewire hard disk, and can backup the whole computer in less than an hour (80GB). :) I have to do one again, I'll time it for you pedro :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I have an external firewire hard disk, and can backup the whole computer in less than an hour (80GB). :) I have to do one again, I'll time it for you pedro :)


BASTARD!!!
:p


so, Inc, are you saying Command checks the files as windows tranfers?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

is there a proggy thats reads the transfer rate??

[awabbit6]

I want to move a 7.5GB file to a remote USB drive.

any thoughts on how long this should take?

windows is saying 144 minutes (and counting,,,)


I've found that transfer time will vary dramatically for a large number of files with a total of 7.5GB compared to one 7.5GB file.
I've found this particularly with the Cisco Curriculums that I transfer from one location to another or to CD. They are comprised of lots of small html files - only around 80MB but thousands of files! When zipped up, the transfer is almost instantaneous.
Maybe this is why yours is taking so long Pedro.

[incisor]

so, Inc, are you saying Command checks the files as windows tranfers?
all good virus scanners do....

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Ta muchly Inc:D