What type of transfer speeds does this get?
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You will not have the same data transfer rates you experience from a system connected drive. But if you are using the additional storage option to handle backups, document storage or as a media drive (which is what I put mine to use as) then you will not suffer any apparent data transfer reduction. I travel a lot and haven't found cloud streaming the best option for playing my media on my MacBook Air. The MiniDrive has solved this for me wonderfully without sacrificing the Air's OS and Data limitations.
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I did not check that thus have no idea. But it works ok for listening music and watching video when the files are put on the disk.
725758
Personally I alway go by "you get what you pay for". I actually use the SanDisk Extreme III card. It has a 30mb/s rate, highest in its class I believe. The cards are a little on the expensive side, especially for the 16GB, but worth it I think. Because of the high compression rate, it take a while to download/transfer files, this helps with that when you have an average computer. Not an overwhelming difference, but enough to say "Awesome".
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I've observed transfer speed up to a maximum 32 MB/sec in a USB 2.0 port. But the transfer rate can vary dramatically, depending upon what other tasks your computer is doing in the background.
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I believe the speed is more dependent on what speed your PC and hard drive are capable of transferring data rather than the speed of this case. Most PC's that are set up for eSATA have an interface card that will determine the transfer rate as will the rating of the hard drive. This case should deliver whatever transfer rate the interface is designed to transfer data. If your hard drive is capable of transfer rates up to 6Gbps, but you PC's eSATA interface is not, then you will not get 6Gbps. My PC is designed to transfer up to the 3Gbps rates, so I cannot speak definitively as to whether or not it will transfer at 6Gbps, but I would say if your PC and hard drive are capable, then this case should not interfere with data transmission.
678141
No. The motherboard header you are plugging into is USB 2.0 then that will cap you transfer speed.
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Hi, Joe, I really don't know the difference between these two models. At the time of purchasing, I just got the only model which it supports 95Mb/s transforming rate.
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the data transfer rate is pretty slow... a 1.5gb file takes several minutes to transfer... 44gb would take about 30-45 minutes.
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G-Technology G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt (0G03124) has a transfer rate of up to 165 MB/s.http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive-thunderbolt
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Previous to this I was using a terastation by buffalo. The disk station is a marked improvement over the terastation in transfer performance. I can't tell you a specific transfer rate off the top of my head but it should be only limited by the throughput of the wireless access point which would in this case be the bottleneck. On wired connections I get better than usb2 transfer rates.Good purchase. I found no better device in this price range..
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Something is not right there. On a wired 1Gbps connection with a single copy I would expect at least 400Mbps, with speeds over 700Mbps on faster switches (efficient internal packet forwarding). That is from testing when I first received the unit (tested with 4 x 5200 RPM Toshiba 160GB in RAID 5, prior to 4 x 7200 RPM Seagate 750GB in SHR I have had in it since then - but I haven't tried that on a fast switch, my home switch seems to max about 500Mbps). For comparison, I've seen speeds close to single line speed (~900Mbps) on a DS713+/DX513 combo. If you are on WiFi, I would run hardwired tests for comparison. Then start troubleshooting your WiFi.
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G-Technology G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt (0G03124) has a transfer rate of up to 165 MB/s. http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive-thunderbolt
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4Mbps upload should be more than adequate. I get by with 2.5 - 3.5 on average. Equally important, however, is that you have a fast download speed as well on the receiving end.
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It will work. I'm running it from a machine that just has USB 2.0. The transfer rates just won't be as fast as a 3.0 connection.
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It depends. The transfer rate relies on the speed of the network it is connected to more so than this device. You also have to consider what other internet connections you have ongoing such as Netflix videos or Xbox live. More people and programs using the same internet connection slow it down. This device will work as fast as it can given the network its connected to.
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I believe the transfer rate really depends on the speed of your USB ports on your computer. I use my GoFlex to back up my computer files. I do not recall it being all that slow. Cheers.
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Yes too slow. I used something else that allowed me to transfer hundreds of gigs in a few minutes instead of days. Do a search for USB ssd enclose.
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I honestly don't know about the speed comparisons you're citing, or the HD connections. The person for whom I bought this machine doesn't care about either one! I'd guess "No" on the HD, but I wouldn't want my life to depend on the answer. Sorry!