Well, I seem to be back to rather fast backups again, now that I installed the
SanDisk Ultra 2gb. Backups that took about 20 minutes with the 2gb Lexar now
are back to taking 2 minutes with the SanDisk Ultra 2gb. Given that the Lexar
was rated as fast (60x), I wonder if it was just defective.
On Tue June 5 2007 08:25:51 am Michael M. Rye wrote:
> Bigger cards are always going to be slower. The bigger the card, the more
> data it is forced to write per block due to the block size needed by the
> formatting. The limited bandwidth of the bus to read/write the card is
> another factor. You will not be impressed by the SanDisk 2GB card either.
> I have one, and it is very slow for write speed when doing backups and
> writing many random, small files (i.e. backups). It works well and is
> speedy for very large, sequential file writing. I went back to my 512MB
> SanDisk Ultra-II card for handheld backups via Resco Backup. It's MUCH,
> MUCH faster than doing the same on my 2GB card!! I now use my 2GB card for
> MP3s only.
>
> ---
> Mike
>
>
> ..... Original Message .......
>
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:56:50 -0700 Ralph Alvy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I recently blew away a Lexar 1gb SD card with some beta software. I always
> >found Lexar cards to be fast and dependable, and wanted to get a 2gb card
> >anyway, so opted for the Lexar Platinum 2gb card (rated at 60x). I have
>
> never
>
> >seen such a slow card when it comes to write-speed. A Resco Backup of my
> >entire RAM, which used to take about 2 minutes, now takes about 20
> > minutes.
> >
> >So I'm looking for a faster 2gb card. I just ordered a SanDisk Ultra 2gb
>
> card
>
> >(SDSDH-2048-901), which should arrive today.
> >
> >Any suggestions out there?
> >
> >Ralph
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