Re: [gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow?

[Thomas Mueller]

> Mick has a good point.  I have two or three of the cheaper USB external
> enclosures and only one of them was somewhat fast, it is USB 2.0 after
> all.  The other two logged a lot of errors in messages file about
> resetting something.  It was resetting so often that moving data to or
> from the drive was very slow.  I pitched the two bad ones, saved the one
> that works but bought a known good one, it has a fan and a display with
> the temps and fan RPMs etc on it.  It is a eSATA or USB enclosure.  I
> use the eSATA port and it is as fast as my internal drives.  If
> interested, I can find a link for one so you can see what it looks
> like.  I can also find the one that doesn't work just in case you have
> it.  The good one is black and the iffy ones are a silver color.  Point
> is, not all external enclosures work well.  USB ports in my experience
> really complicate matters. 

> I like USB for my camera and my little card reader, that I use to get
> deer pics off my trail camera.  Other than that, I try to avoid USB. 
> Oh, printers tend to work too. 

> Dale

I am curious about your USB and eSATA enclosure.

I have two such Sabrent enclosures, USB 2.0 and eSATA.

USB 2.0 works with IDE or SATA hard drive, while eSATA works only with SATA hard drive.

I also have a Micronet Fantom G-Force hard drive with USB 3.0 and eSATA connections.

Tom