What's your transfer speed when using SATA III drive and connecting to PC by USB 3.0?
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The drive is used for dvd backups and picture storage. When the old drive failed, I purchased another USB 3.0. That didn't help. I recovered almost 1 TB in two days. Then, since I had not yet received the new 3.0 card, I tried using the USB 2.0 to transfer from another backup (a western digital) to the Seagate. In 3 days, I moved about 300 Gb. That was left on 24 hours, too. After I got and installed the new 3.0 (I still doubted the old one), all remaing 500 plus Gb moved in less than 3 hours!. I never measured or recorded the speed. And the old 3.0 USB worked similarly.
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It varies anywhere from bursts exceeding 170MB+/s with sustained average 110-77mb/s
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The documentation states 3TB max. I am running 3TB drives with Mac, USB 3 is slow.
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What are your read/write speeds? Just because usb 3.0 is rated for 5gb/s transfer speed does not mean that is the read/write speed of either your hdd on the computer doing the transferring or the Intel SSD.
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Yes but in XP your USB 3.0 will only run at 2.0 transfer speed... Not a big deal but you should have no problems.
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SATA 1.5 Gbit/s and SATA 6 Gbit/s are compatible with each other. Most devices which are only SATA 1.5 Gbit/s can connect with devices that are SATA 6 Gbit/s, and vice-versa, though SATA 1.5 Gbit/s devices only connect with SATA 6 Gbit/s devices at the slower 1.5 Gbit/s speed. SATA 3 Gbit/s and SATA 6 Gbit/s are compatible with each other. Most devices which are only SATA 3 Gbit/s can connect with devices that are SATA 6 Gbit/s, and vice-versa, though SATA 3 Gbit/s devices only connect with SATA 6 Gbit/s devices at the slower 3 Gbit/s speed. That being said, this cable allows you to connect your SSD drive to a USB 3 port on your computer and transfer data at a higher rate. However, if your computer has only USB 2 ports, then the max transfer rate will be at the lower USB 2 level capability.
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The drive is compatible with both. Sata 6 is twice as fast for data transfer but it depends on whether your computer has the faster interface.
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I've observed transfer speed up to a maximum 32 MB/sec in a USB 2.0 port. But the transfer rate can vary dramatically, depending upon what other tasks your computer is doing in the background.
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I got 60+ Mb/sec when transferring huge files to the WD Passport 2Tb drive with USB 3.0
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Hmm... I personally don't know this either (I too would like to know -- in case anyone has tested it out). However, the product picture show the "SERIAL ATA" logo with "1.5Gb/s" below it -- making me believe it is not SATA 3Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s. I am looking for one that supports 3Gb/s.
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I don't know. All I can find is this: Max. 5Gbps (USB 3.0), Max. 480Mbps (USB 2.0) & SATA 3Gbps
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Hi Bandi, Technically, your drive is capable of making disk-to-host transfers of up to 110 MB/s, and USB 2.0 maxes out at 60 MB/s, where USB 3.0 maxes at around 125 MB/s. Your drive will probably never reach 110 MB/s, but I would suggest using a USB 3.0 enclosure so that your drive can run as fast as it pleases. Besides, at some point you'll probably upgrade even your "backup drive", and you'll want the speed. On a personal note, I love this enclosure. You'll need to buy some little rubber feet from the hardware store to keep it from sliding around, but other than that, it's great! Jack
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Sorry, I made a mistake. The USB 2.0 read speed is 30 megabytes/sec and the USB 3.0 read speed is 255 megabytes/sec., i.e., bytes not bits.
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I believe the speed is more dependent on what speed your PC and hard drive are capable of transferring data rather than the speed of this case. Most PC's that are set up for eSATA have an interface card that will determine the transfer rate as will the rating of the hard drive. This case should deliver whatever transfer rate the interface is designed to transfer data. If your hard drive is capable of transfer rates up to 6Gbps, but you PC's eSATA interface is not, then you will not get 6Gbps. My PC is designed to transfer up to the 3Gbps rates, so I cannot speak definitively as to whether or not it will transfer at 6Gbps, but I would say if your PC and hard drive are capable, then this case should not interfere with data transmission.
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It really doesn't matter, because no CD/DVD drive is going to send or receive data faster than USB 2.0 can comfortably handle. Having a USB 3.0 connection would not speed up the drive's performance. (As pointed out elsewhere, USB 3.0 ports are backward-compatible with USB 2.0 peripherals, so the drive will work whether the port you connect it to is USB 2.0 or 3.0.)
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USB 3.0 port transfer rate is 4.8Gbps, 10 times faster than USB 2.0. To enjoy this speed your computer must first come with a USB 3.0 port (normally coloured blue) and the cable you use must also be USB 3.0. The device you are trying to connect to must also be of USB 3.0 and if you are connecting it via a USB HUB it must also be USD 3.0. If anywhere along that line of connection you have something that is USB 2.0 then the speed will drop to 480MB
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USB 2.0. That being said, the max speed I have gotten from a USB 3.0 disk on the TS-269 is only slightly higher than the transfer speed to a USB 2.0 disk. There are a lot of factors to consider when thinking about bus speed. The USB 2.0 transfer rate exceeds a gigabit network connection's transfer rate by a factor of 5, so over the network, both 2.0 and 3.0 operate at the same speed (the max network speed). The only time a USB 3.0 disk could be an advantage is if you are backing up the NAS to an external hard drive, and excepting your initial backup, subsequent backups shouldn't take much time anyway unless a lot of new data was added to the NAS in between.
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It's gonna be a little slower that sata3 but still fast, works pretty good on mine laptop.