File transfer speeds in MB/s or KB/s please!
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Just got the 128GB version. Running Crystal Disk Mark 64bit - Sequential Read: 100.7MB/s Write: 100.8MB/s 512K read 25.2MB/s write: 57.11MBs 4K random read: 0.263MB/S write 0.943MB/s 4K random QD32 read: 0.457MB/s write: 0.694MB/s - Hope this helps everyone to decide!
357276
I have not really looked at the speed all I know is I have transferred 20GB images to it and it only takes about 6mins each time. I will take a look and see what the speed is once I get back to my office. I hope this helps.
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Gigabit is pointless Unless you have a hundred high speed computers all hooked up to it trying to download a massive amount of data at once. In most instances, 10MB is plenty fast for data transfer. 100MB is even overkill. Your computer couldn't even process that much information per second unless you have an insane fast computer with high speed SSD drives. Or you're trying to stream 4K video in a hotel room, for some reason. If you find a Marriott with 4K tv's in the room - let me know.
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Something is not right there. On a wired 1Gbps connection with a single copy I would expect at least 400Mbps, with speeds over 700Mbps on faster switches (efficient internal packet forwarding). That is from testing when I first received the unit (tested with 4 x 5200 RPM Toshiba 160GB in RAID 5, prior to 4 x 7200 RPM Seagate 750GB in SHR I have had in it since then - but I haven't tried that on a fast switch, my home switch seems to max about 500Mbps).For comparison, I've seen speeds close to single line speed (~900Mbps) on a DS713+/DX513 combo.If you are on WiFi, I would run hardwired tests for comparison. Then start troubleshooting your WiFi. Something is not right there. On a wired 1Gbps connection with a single copy I would expect at least 400Mbps, with speeds over 700Mbps on faster switches (efficient internal packet forwarding). That is from testing when I first received the unit (tested with 4 x 5200 RPM Toshiba 160GB in RAID 5, prior to 4 x 7200 RPM Seagate 750GB in SHR I have had in it since then - but I haven't tried that on a fast switch, my home switch seems to max about 500Mbps).For comparison, I've seen speeds close to single line speed (~900Mbps) on a DS713+/DX513 combo.If you are on WiFi, I... » Read More Something is not right there. On a wired 1Gbps connection with a single copy I would expect at least 400Mbps, with speeds over 700Mbps on faster switches (efficient internal packet forwarding). That is from testing when I first received the unit (tested with 4 x 5200 RPM Toshiba 160GB in RAID 5, prior to 4 x 7200 RPM Seagate 750GB in SHR I have had in it since then - but I haven't tried that on a fast switch, my home switch seems to max about 500Mbps).For comparison, I've seen speeds close to single line speed (~900Mbps) on a DS713+/DX513 combo.If you are on WiFi, I would run hardwired tests for comparison. Then start troubleshooting your WiFi. « Show Less
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No limits on file size for transfer. None reported and none encountered!Can't say the same if you reformat it in fat32 yourself.
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Interestingly enough, Seagate has chosen to NOT list the speed of the drive either on the box, on the actual drive or even in the rather skimpy documentation. It is possible that the Seagate site might be able to tell you. All I can say is that it is very quiet and I can't complain about the data transfer rate.
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Not sure about color but you want the fastest RPM's 7200 or more drive possible for large file transfers. If you have lots of files you may want ot consider high storage deives that offer up to 5-6 TB per device. I have two of these 3TB drives in by NAS in a raid 1 configure and sore lots of multi media files about 50GB of video movies
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I think you'll get faster transfers with Gigabit ethernet switch; depending on the write/read speeds, I get even more than 100MB/s via ethernet connection.Also I'm not sure whether one can connect two Macs for file transfer via TB/firewire; I've only tried connecting Macs in this manner for target disk mode and for that it works well.
847280
Well to be honest I do not know, nor have I looked into the exact Transfer Speed. But I do know that It is not slow by any means when transferring your data.
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Depends on the file system you use, out of the box it can transfer files upto ~64GB
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I think it depends on the wiring in your home. In my case, in an apartment building built in the 1950's, throughput using the netgear adapters was disappointing. If I remember, file transfers averaged about 1 mB per second (Bytes, not bits). Using the same machines over an 802.11n connection, 5-8 megabytes per second was normal.
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Hey Douglas, yes the speed is not a problem you can transfer files quickly, though I am not sure how long it takes for 32 gb. I use to transfer everything from my laptop to this external drive. But I would not recommend it. After one year of having it, all of the sudden the drive was not responding it, and was not retreiving my data anymore. Basically all the data I had about 250 gb files was burned and lost. It was quite a tragedy for me. But a classical ipod that I used to have with is also USB was much more worthy to keep it and it still has my data since 7 years that I have it. So, it's better if you buy a classical apple ipod, one of those which is also for music, but it's at the same time a hard drive, or take any other drive that you know from people that are reliable for few years. For example, i never even dropped this disc, I kept it always safe and in a soft case not to be damaged, and it was quite a great shock for me that all of the sudden it just stopped responding and never opened anymore, after only one year of having it!! Cheers and take care! Think before you buy this item, it's not reliable!
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I have simply transferred files via USB. I have not done anything else that would be higher end.
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I load extra software on it,it works fine.75-80mb per sec when you copy files.
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I'm transfering files at 90~95 mps in a 100 mbps network (from pc to nas) and 80~85 mbps backwards.Hope the info help you.Check out your network
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I think you'll get faster transfers with Gigabit ethernet switch; depending on the write/read speeds, I get even more than 100MB/s via ethernet connection. Also I'm not sure whether one can connect two Macs for file transfer via TB/firewire; I've only tried connecting Macs in this manner for target disk mode and for that it works well.
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G-Technology G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt (0G03124) has a transfer rate of up to 165 MB/s. http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive-thunderbolt
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what is 9 mbs? megabytes? megabits? let me know which and I maybe able to help