[iyonix-support] Re: external USB hard disk

In article <20070502092910.45940@xxxxxxx>, Jochen Konietzko
<JochenKonietzko@xxxxxx> wrote:

> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:22:18
> +0800 Von: Peter Dowson <p_dowson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> An:
> iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [iyonix-support] Re: external USB
> hard disk

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> > 
> > I use a Vantec NextStar USB case to hold an IDE hard drive and then
> > ran SCSIForm to initialise the drive, it will slow down the boot time
> > quite a lot though. I then use SyncDiscs to make a copy of the main
> > drive on a regular bases, you will find it a lot slower than a second
> > hard drive other than the speed or lack of it works fine. ---

> Thanks for the answer; I bought a 120 MB Trekstore disk, formatted it on
> Monday before work and started the backup at 8 a.m.

> This leads me to a question: Just how slow is the lack of speed you
> mention in YOUR setup?

> Is this kind of "speed" to be expected?

Cannot tell you how slow it was the first time I left it running over
night but when doing a backup after the first time it takes one to two
hours, the disc has about 66G used. You are a lot better of backing up to
a caddy or use a NAS connected drive, I'm just in the process of going
from caddy's to a NAS solution.
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