USB 3.0 is a bit tricky for this enclosure/notebook combo. I enlarged the total storage to four 3TB drives, two of which are NAS type.
Apparently the enclosure had not been connecting at USB 3.0 speeds which slowed down transfers internally between drives as I rearranged the drives, replaced some 2 TB drives, and tried out backup software. To get USB 3.0 speeds, I had to unplug my USB 2.0 mouse and start the enclosure up already plugged into the notebook computer. By doing so I quadrupled transfer speeds to the backup hard drive enclosure and internally. It also seems to have accelerated the scanning process by 17%. Total Tracks: 225,657 Total Albums: 22,559 Total Artists: 17,502 Total Genres: 1,169 Total Playing Time: 28487:39:31 Media Scan Details Discovering files/directories: L: (49350 of 49350) Complete 00:00:55 Scanning new music files: L: (44439 of 44439) Complete 00:12:27 Discovering files/directories: M: (69478 of 69478) Complete 00:01:57 Scanning new music files: M: (62477 of 62477) Complete 00:27:16 Discovering files/directories: N: (50384 of 50384) Complete 00:01:36 Scanning new music files: N: (45185 of 45185) Complete 00:29:06 Discovering files/directories: O: (82356 of 82356) Complete 00:02:09 Scanning new music files: O: (75000 of 75000) Complete 00:56:21 Discovering playlists: C:\Users\Music\Playlists (1 of 1) Complete 00:00:00 Pre-caching Artwork (22392 of 22392) Complete 00:18:44 The server has finished scanning your media library. http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net dBpoweramp Cisco E4200 SBS 7.8 - i5 laptop - Win 7 64bit 3 Booms, 2 Radio, 1 Touch, 1 iPod Touch w/digital dock 2 controllers, various tablets/phones Various apps including iPeng, Logitech Android, etc. 'Library' (http://zzzone.net/photo/2009/music1.jpg): 218,000+ FLAC/MP3 files - 10TB HD Onkyo TX-NR818, KEF Q300/Q200/iQ30, Outlaw LFM-1 Plus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimzak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100561 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss