Goodsounds;356406 Wrote: > I agree that the data throughput for the typical "external" drive > connection, USB, is going to be slower than for an internal one. But > other than when initially loading up that external drive, for what > other functions do you believe that speed difference is going to make a > relevant difference? I don't see how it really matters, especially > since most drives from any supplier could realistically be configured > internally or externally anyhow. For scans and the onesy-twosies of > newly ripped CDs, the small amount of data isn't going to take very > long whether the connection is fast or slow. Am I missing something?
Didn't I say for library scans? That's not a small amount of data or a small number of files being accessed. A new/changed scan should always be much faster than a clear/rescan, so the time difference won't be as significant. I have an external USB drive that I use for music library backups that is otherwise idental to the internal drive on which I store my library. Maybe I'll run a quick test to see what the scan time difference is between using that drive and the internal one. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54534 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
