Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote: On Thursday 18 August 2011 23:46:30 Paul Hartman wrote:  I saw that one of the pins on the port was bent inward on itself, so it  never made contact when I plugged devices into it. And when you tried to

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-18 Thread Grant
I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in  3.01 seconds =  83.63 MB/sec # hdparm -tT

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Just thought I'd mention that one of my USB 3.0 ports works and the other doesn't.  The non-working port lights up the USB drive but the drive isn't picked up by the system in dmesg at all.  I don't know if this is a hardware

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 August 2011 23:46:30 Paul Hartman wrote: I saw that one of the pins on the port was bent inward on itself, so it never made contact when I plugged devices into it. And when you tried to straighten it, it broke off, no? That's been my experience. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 11 August 2011 19:50:17 Grant wrote: So USB 2.0 throughput is obviously creating a bottleneck. That might be obvious to you, but it isn't to me. You ran different tests in the two cases, differing in -T, as Volker pointed out. -- Rgds Peter Linux Counter 5290,

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:27 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: What usb3 is supported by Linux?  Is it a pci card? The UHCI interface standard provides support for USB 1.1. EHCI, USB 2.0. XHCI supports USB 3.0, as well as 2.0 and 1.1. Any chipset manufacturer

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-12 Thread covici
Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:27 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: What usb3 is supported by Linux?  Is it a pci card? The UHCI interface standard provides support for USB 1.1. EHCI, USB 2.0. XHCI supports USB 3.0, as

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread covici
Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 8006 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in 3.01

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: SNIP What usb3 is supported by Linux?  Is it a pci card? -- Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is: How do you spend it?         John Covici         cov...@ccs.covici.com I have it on my Asus

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Donnerstag 11 August 2011, 10:12:54 schrieb Grant: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 8006 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads:

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Donnerstag 11 August 2011, 10:30:04 schrieb Mark Knecht: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Simon
It is my opinion that benchmarks should be done with a real benchmark tool. Try with bonnie++ This will really show you the strengths and weaknesses of your setup. Good luck, Simon On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Donnerstag 11

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Grant
I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in  3.01 seconds =  83.63 MB/sec # hdparm -tT

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Grant
I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in  3.01 seconds =  83.63 MB/sec # hdparm -tT

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Grant
I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in  3.01 seconds =  83.63 MB/sec #

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Grant
I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in  3.01 seconds =  83.63 MB/sec # hdparm -tT

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu 11 August 2011 11:50:17 Grant did opine thusly: USB 3.0 throughput is said to be 625 MB/s so I must be running up against the speed of the disk itself in USB 3.0 mode, correct? Here's what I get from my internal SATA hard drive, but it is surely a much faster disk: # hdparm -t

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu 11 August 2011 11:27:13 Grant did opine thusly: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 8006 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing buffered

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm testing this USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041OSQ9S and I get: # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads:   8006 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4004.33 MB/sec Timing

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test

2011-08-11 Thread Grant
USB 3.0 throughput is said to be 625 MB/s so I must be running up against the speed of the disk itself in USB 3.0 mode, correct? Processing power of the external USB-SATA controller chip could also come into play. But in your case I think you're getting the maximum speed possible from the