From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C3013877A for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 868A4E09D5; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx-out-2.rwth-aachen.de (mx-out-2.rwth-aachen.de [134.130.5.187]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AE0EE093E for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:06:58 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,580,1400018400"; d="scan'208";a="248582215" Received: from igpm.igpm.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.161.1]) by mx-2.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2014 11:06:57 +0200 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.161.252]) by igpm.igpm.rwth-aachen.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1X1u1h-0008PV-Ec for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:06:57 +0200 Received: from numa-i (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B9B0458B for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:06:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:06:59 +0200 From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <53AA050F.4070907@gmail.com> <53AAF0CB.4060902@gmail.com> <20140625170952.3f3250c8@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <201406251745.06064.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20140625182940.5e6e4adf@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <53AB4A31.3030104@gmail.com> <53AB804E.8010405@gmail.com> <53ABA853.50600@gmail.com> <20140629151736.GA17188@asp.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_01_001> <53B271B4.1000507@gmail.com> <1404204408.4257.0@numa-i> <53B27845.1020901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53B27845.1020901@gmail.com> (from rdalek1967@gmail.com on Tue Jul 1 10:58:45 2014) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.13 Message-Id: <1404205619.4257.1@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: db260b49-2837-49f9-9d1d-d2622bf28cf0 X-Archives-Hash: 19ddcf1b713b736527bd5661ae82c603 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 =20 > to > >> looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to =20 > avoid > >> USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and =20 > 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 =20 > cheap. > > > > Helmut >=20 > I do have a few USB3 connectors. I just figured USB would be a good =20 > bit > slower. Plus, can USB power a 3.5" hard drive nowadays? Probably not. All of my external USB3 disks have a separate power =20 supply. >=20 > root@fireball / # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb >=20 > /dev/sdb: > Timing cached reads: 6604 MB in 2.00 seconds =3D 3303.39 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 542 MB in 3.01 seconds =3D 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. >=20 > I did find a eSATA enclosure on Newegg and the price wasn't bad. It's > one option I guess. >=20 > Dale >=20 > :-) :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 =