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Hi everyone,
I've just purchased a 160GB 2.5" LaCie drive and I'm affraid something's not right. I went for it mainly because of it's FW800 interface but it seems to be "not so fast" to say the least.
Here's my tests:
6.65GB folder back and forth:
LaCie - FW400 - read time: 3m58s - write: 4m06s
LaCie - FW800 - read time: 3m33s - write: 5m21s
LaCie - USB2 - read time: 5m48s - write: 5m08s
for comparison I have a 320 GB WD Scorpio 2.5", and an old Seagate Barracuda 80GB
WD - USB2 - read time: 6m06s - write: 5m40s
Cuda - USB2 - read time: 6m56s - write: 5m30s
same folder (photos).
now, FW800 is "slightly" faster on a read time but much slower on write, is that normal? I suppose not. All disks are bus-poweredand 5400rpm.
Also, isn't a USB supposed to be faster than a FW400? (480Mbps vs 400Mbps)???
Maybe someone could do the same test for me, transfer, say 10GB to the external rugged LaCie and tell me how much time it took?
If my FW800 port on MBP was damaged there would be no connection at all, if it was a slow drive FW400 wouldn't be faster than FW800... so what is it? Should I return it and get a new one?
HEre's some xbench results:
FW800
FW400
USB
Compared to WD Scorpio via USB
cheers, Matt
I've just purchased a 160GB 2.5" LaCie drive and I'm affraid something's not right. I went for it mainly because of it's FW800 interface but it seems to be "not so fast" to say the least.
Here's my tests:
6.65GB folder back and forth:
LaCie - FW400 - read time: 3m58s - write: 4m06s
LaCie - FW800 - read time: 3m33s - write: 5m21s
LaCie - USB2 - read time: 5m48s - write: 5m08s
for comparison I have a 320 GB WD Scorpio 2.5", and an old Seagate Barracuda 80GB
WD - USB2 - read time: 6m06s - write: 5m40s
Cuda - USB2 - read time: 6m56s - write: 5m30s
same folder (photos).
now, FW800 is "slightly" faster on a read time but much slower on write, is that normal? I suppose not. All disks are bus-poweredand 5400rpm.
Also, isn't a USB supposed to be faster than a FW400? (480Mbps vs 400Mbps)???
Maybe someone could do the same test for me, transfer, say 10GB to the external rugged LaCie and tell me how much time it took?
If my FW800 port on MBP was damaged there would be no connection at all, if it was a slow drive FW400 wouldn't be faster than FW800... so what is it? Should I return it and get a new one?
HEre's some xbench results:
FW800
FW400
USB
Compared to WD Scorpio via USB
cheers, Matt