Re: Laptop Drives for USB 2.0 (4200 v. 5400)
- From: "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply-to@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:36:49 +0200
"Larry" <LLppwhite@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1122511663.648802.153920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I've been looking for information about USB 2.0 performance using
> external 5400 rpm 2-1/2" drives versus 4200.
> I'm inclinded to believe that there would be little difference in
> performance for backing up large images.
Only if the STR of both the drives exceed the transfer limit of USB2
(which is around 35MB/s or so) and then they will take the exact same
time even if one is faster than the other.
> Has anyone seen any info or had experience with this?
Will you be sitting there and timing your backups?
If not, what do you care whether your backup ended half
an hour ago or 15 minutes ago while you took a long nap.
> Thanks.
.
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