A little love for USB3

[_Bogus_]

I just had to post some love for my new USB 3.0 external enclosure. I can't believe how fast this cheap enclosure is with USB 3!! 130+MB/s!

This is to a Rosewill RX35-AT-SU3 ($25) enclosure with a Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB 5200rpm drive in it.



That's faster than my RAID 0 array with 7200rpm Spinpoint F3 1TB drives on a SATA II motherboard RAID controller!

I love USB3.

 

[Red Falcon]

The only problem is that USB of any version is not hardware-based and eats a ton of CPU cycles. Probably not a problem for newer processors and single file transfers, but multitasking on USB is almost impossible.

It's great that USB 3 is so fast though, it makes backing up to an external drive a little easier.

 

[arcturus]

I just had to post some love for my new USB 3.0 external enclosure. I can't believe how fast this cheap enclosure is with USB 3!! 130+MB/s!

This is to a Rosewill RX35-AT-SU3 ($25) enclosure with a Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB 5200rpm drive in it.



That's faster than my RAID 0 array with 7200rpm Spinpoint F3 1TB drives on a SATA II motherboard RAID controller!

I love USB3.

Here's some comparisons. Enclosure is a Vantec NexStar CX SuperSpeed with a Plugable Technologies PCI Express USB 3.0 2-Port Expansion Card.

First up, a WD Caviar Green 1 TB EARS 5400 rpm:

And a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 rpm:

Curious, are you using an onboard usb controller or add-on card?

 

[Zepher]

I am going to clear up some space and test my WD My Book 2TB USB3 drive.
It's 98% full so I think the test won't be very accurate.

My drive is kinda slow,