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<blockquote data-quote="shotz4U" data-source="post: 661276" data-attributes="member: 35153"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>Here's my tests:</p><p></p><p>6.65GB folder back and forth:</p><p></p><p>LaCie - FW400 - read time: 3m58s - write: 4m06s</p><p>LaCie - FW800 - read time: 3m33s - write: 5m21s</p><p>LaCie - USB2 - read time: 5m48s - write: 5m08s</p><p></p><p>for comparison I have a 320 GB WD Scorpio 2.5", and an old Seagate Barracuda 80GB</p><p></p><p>WD - USB2 - read time: 6m06s - write: 5m40s</p><p>Cuda - USB2 - read time: 6m56s - write: 5m30s</p><p>same folder (photos).</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Also, isn't a USB supposed to be faster than a FW400? (480Mbps vs 400Mbps)???</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>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? </p><p>HEre's some xbench results:</p><p></p><p>FW800</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2519287351_5b1766ba8a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>FW400</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519285327_2df5828421.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>USB</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2519286197_7f38a233fe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Compared to WD Scorpio via USB</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2519283959_0485132629.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>cheers, Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shotz4U, post: 661276, member: 35153"] 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 [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2519287351_5b1766ba8a.jpg[/IMG] FW400 [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2519285327_2df5828421.jpg[/IMG] USB [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2519286197_7f38a233fe.jpg[/IMG] Compared to WD Scorpio via USB [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2519283959_0485132629.jpg[/IMG] cheers, Matt [/QUOTE]
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