What are the actual read/ write speeds with this enclosure?
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Summary: all functional tests were fine but no speed tests. Used it with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 256GB. Tried it first on a Windows 7 machine to delete the partitions. Moved it to an iMac with Mavericks and installed OSX to run externally on the drive. The machine boots and loads software much faster through the external USB port with this case/drive than from the internal 7200 RPM drive. While a SSD is faster than the hard drive, the internal SATA port is much faster than USB3. It comes with a Y cable, one for the USB signal connection and a second thinner cable for extra power. The power cable is not needed with the SSD and I suspect it would not be needed with one of the slower 2.5" hard drives.
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Summary: all functional tests were fine but no speed tests. Used it with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 256GB. Tried it first on a Windows 7 machine to delete the partitions. Moved it to an iMac with Mavericks and installed OSX to run externally on the drive. The machine boots and loads software much faster through the external USB port with this case/drive than from the internal 7200 RPM drive. While a SSD is faster than the hard drive, the internal SATA port is much faster than USB3. It comes with a Y cable, one for the USB signal connection and a second thinner cable for extra power. The power cable is not needed with the SSD and I suspect it would not be needed with one of the slower 2.5" hard drives. Summary: all functional tests were fine but no speed tests. Used it with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 256GB. Tried it first on a Windows 7 machine to delete the partitions. Moved it to an iMac with Mavericks and installed OSX to run externally on the drive. The machine boots and loads software much faster through the external USB port with this case/drive than from the internal 7200 RPM drive. While a SSD is faster than the hard drive, the internal SATA port is much faster than USB3. It comes with a Y cable, one for the USB signal connection and a second thinner cable for extra power.... » Read More Summary: all functional tests were fine but no speed tests. Used it with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 256GB. Tried it first on a Windows 7 machine to delete the partitions. Moved it to an iMac with Mavericks and installed OSX to run externally on the drive. The machine boots and loads software much faster through the external USB port with this case/drive than from the internal 7200 RPM drive. While a SSD is faster than the hard drive, the internal SATA port is much faster than USB3. It comes with a Y cable, one for the USB signal connection and a second thinner cable for extra power. The power cable is not needed with the SSD and I suspect it would not be needed with one of the slower 2.5" hard drives. « Show Less
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Quentin, sorry for the delayed response. I believe the answer is more a function of the drive you purchase, not this enclosure. This is a USB 3.0, so the speeds are limited by that connection and will be slower than a drive installed in the computer. I use these housings for SSD SATA III drives; which makes them perfect for notebook backup. Prices of portable USB 3.0 drives are very good; but, this enclosure allows me the flexibility of salvaging a drive or cloning an SSD. When used with an SSD for travel, it gives me the added protection that a sudden jolt won't jeopardize the drive integrity. Quentin, sorry for the delayed response. I believe the answer is more a function of the drive you purchase, not this enclosure. This is a USB 3.0, so the speeds are limited by that connection and will be slower than a drive installed in the computer. I use these housings for SSD SATA III drives; which makes them perfect for notebook backup. Prices of portable USB 3.0 drives are very good; but, this enclosure allows me the flexibility of salvaging a drive or cloning an SSD. When used with an SSD for travel, it gives me the added protection that a sudden jolt won't jeopardize the drive... » Read More Quentin, sorry for the delayed response. I believe the answer is more a function of the drive you purchase, not this enclosure. This is a USB 3.0, so the speeds are limited by that connection and will be slower than a drive installed in the computer. I use these housings for SSD SATA III drives; which makes them perfect for notebook backup. Prices of portable USB 3.0 drives are very good; but, this enclosure allows me the flexibility of salvaging a drive or cloning an SSD. When used with an SSD for travel, it gives me the added protection that a sudden jolt won't jeopardize the drive integrity. « Show Less
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I put a Samsung 840evo 500GB SSD in this enclosure. Large files (>500mb) transferred at an average of 166MB/s on a USB3.0 port with ONE leg of the Y connector connected.
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Hi, I got this in February from Amazon and I have been very happy with the performance of the Corsair 256 GB model I recieved. I did some real world transfers using a stop watch and a 5.23 GB file transferred from my internal SSD to the Corsair in about 26.7 seconds. A smaller file at 2.26 GB transferred in about 11.6 (remember I am pressing the button) so both clock in at about 200 MB/Sec writes. I downloaded and tested it with BlackMagic disk speed test and it consistently 170 write and 290 read speeds and Blackmagic says it would support writing at 1080p24 at 10 bit YUV 4:2:2 (whatever that means). I have even run a couple of VM's on it with VMware with acceptable performance. Hope this helps
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This enclosure seems to have lower read/write speeds than a # of other enclosures interfaces that explicitly state they support SATA III, so my guess is it does *not* support SATA III speeds. This appears to be confirmed by Anker in their response to my review where they say it's only 'compatible with SATA III': (http://www.amazon.com/review/R1ZD7X6XFODRSW/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm) FYI, here are some speeds in MB/s, with an Intel 330 120GB SSD: Anker USB 3.0/eSATA enclosure (this enclosure): 176.4/134.2 Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 interface: 250.5/152.5 SIIG 6Gb/s SATA to USB 3.0: 257.9/149.6 Newer Technology Voyager S3: 396.1/136.4 The Anker is the slowest of the bunch. The last 3 all supposedly support SATA III, but clearly the Voyager S3 is the fastest. The SIIG has the ASMedia 1051e chipset (supposed to be very fast), so I'm not sure what, in the end, causes the S3 to have dramatically higher read speeds. Different chipset? Updated firmware?
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From my understanding of sata cables they are all the same. It is the transmission protocol that is different. That being said, this thing is totally passive. It just is a smaller configuration of the same connection. I would be looking at whether your ssd actually reaches 6gbps speeds. Most don't come close- that's a potential 750 Mb/sec. The bottle necks on these things have a lot more to do with the ssd's controller than the actual cable itself.
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The maximum theoretical throughput of Tbolt is 10GBps. The overall speed of the reader depends on the device being read at USB3 or sata and that depends on the card.
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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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Most likely not. 3GBPS was the highest speed SATA tested at the time this product review was composed. The electrical interface is identical; the connectors in this cage are not junk. Only a big bunch of mediocre cables could slow you down here. If you do not have the RAID controller yet, also consider IOfusion's PCIe bus flash, removing the SATA bottleneck.
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Don't know - sorry - I am using mine as an external (e-sata) attached to a desktop.
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My benchmark using CrystalDiskMark shows its sequential write speed is 12MB/s. That means it meets class-10 requirement.
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Most likely not. 3GBPS was the highest speed SATA tested at the time this product review was composed. The electrical interface is identical; the connectors in this cage are not junk. Only a big bunch of mediocre cables could slow you down here.If you do not have the RAID controller yet, also consider IOfusion's PCIe bus flash, removing the SATA bottleneck.
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I have only used the product to install programs so far. I believe that the specs indicate a CDR write speed of 24x and a DVR write speed of 8x
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Can't say. I didn't have to update tho. This is what I bought:OCZ Technology 256GB Vertex 4 Series SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) With Industry's Highest 120K IOPS
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Hum - the spect. sheet says Product Specifications - interface SATA 6 Gb/s - to be sure u should call WD 1 (800) 275-4932
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I'm running it on a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R mainboard. This week I attached a 250Gb EVO ssd to the IO Crest and the Samsung Magician software is reporting it as a SATA 3 (6Gb/s) interface. My drive benchmarks at 428 (sequential read), 57935 iops (random) and 402 (sequential write), 24716 iops (random), now well below the 540 / 520 max indicated. The drive has slightly better than 50% freespace.
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Using Disk Speed Test my results are as follows: 109 Write and 106 Read on a Mac partitioned to HSF+. Hope this helps.
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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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http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1704I quote: "We can only guarantee drive capacity. We cannot guarantee a particular internal hard drive model, data interface, rotational speed, or cache size in the external hard drive enclosure."So it's probably 5400 RPM (the cheaper option).