In article <5109ee8f7aJohnRW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Williams (address) <JohnRW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So will go and find the version you refer to and do a comparison again. Done - and time to say thank you loads, George! Here are the results from USBtest: Old figure prepended in brackets to new improved results! (6.90) 3.64 seconds taken to create one 10MB file (2813.19K/sec) (5.34) 2.71 seconds taken to create ten 1MB files (3778.60K/sec) (53.23) 10.69 seconds taken to create 1000 10KB files (957.90K/sec) (51.77) 8.35 seconds taken to create 1000 1KB files (1226.35K/sec) (4.90) 2.77 seconds taken to reload one 10MB file (3696.75K/sec) (4.86) 2.77 seconds taken to reload ten 1MB files (3696.75K/sec) (21.57) 11.07 seconds taken to reload 1000 10KB files (925.02K/sec) (20.54) 10.02 seconds taken to reload 1000 1KB files (1021.96K/sec) (0.12) 0.06 seconds taken to delete one 10MB file (0.03) 0.03 seconds taken to delete ten 1MB files (3.78) 3.78 seconds taken to delete 1000 10KB files (3.78) 3.82 seconds taken to delete 1000 1KB files So unless you spend loads of time deleting small files, the upgrade is well worth-while! Best wishes, John (OP) -- || John Williams, N France || stuff at: http://petit.four.free.fr/ || johnrw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || || Who is John Williams?: http://petit.four.free.fr/picindex/author/ --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support