Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

On 07/01/2014 10:58:45 AM, Dale wrote:
> Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > On 07/01/2014 10:30:44 AM, Dale wrote:
> >>
> >> I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around  
> to
> >> looking yet.  I didn't know they have a SATA version.  I plan to  
> avoid
> >> USB if I can.  From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and  
> I have
> >> a couple of those connections.
> >>
> >
> > I 'believe' that eSATA is dead - just look how few products are
> > available.
> > I have 3 USB-3 drives which are very fast (more than 100 MB/sec) and
> > if your motherboard doesn't have an USB-3 adapter, yet, it's very  
> cheap.
> >
> > Helmut
> 
> I do have a few USB3 connectors.  I just figured USB would be a good  
> bit
> slower.  Plus, can USB power a 3.5" hard drive nowadays?

Probably not. All of my external USB3 disks have a separate power  
supply.
> 
> root@fireball / # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb
> 
> /dev/sdb:
>  Timing cached reads:   6604 MB in  2.00 seconds = 3303.39 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads: 542 MB in  3.01 seconds = 180.33 MB/sec
> root@fireball / #

Try a real life example like dd. I have seen the above mentioned speed
on disks with a file system on it which does limit the speed anyway.

> 
> I did find a eSATA enclosure on Newegg and the price wasn't bad.  It's
> one option I guess.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
> 
> 
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