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USB Speed
;867894 Wrote: Why do I only get 15.2 MB/sec coping files accross to my USB 2.0 External hard disk and not the advertised 480 MB/sec. Dean Fort Worth, Tx Hi, Dean the 480MB/s is a theoretical maximum so you may not achieve this in the real world although I would expect better than you are getting, It seems nearer the 1.1 spec. you may want to check out a few of the things on this article 'USB 2.0, Hi Speed USB FAQ' (http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm) -- barman58 Regards, *Nigel* the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.,- frank herbert |
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USB Speed
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Why do I only get 15.2 MB/sec coping files accross to my USB 2.0 External hard disk and not the advertised 480 MB/sec. Spec is closer to 60MB/sec. 480Mb/sec Dean Fort Worth, Tx |
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USB Speed
USB 2.0 theoretical speed is 480 Mbps Mega bits per second, not 480
MBps Mega Bytes per second. Real speed never gets close to the theoretical speed, for one thing there is way too much overhead of the communication hand-shaking. 480 Mbps you might think that divided by 8 (for 8 bits per Byte) you should then think the theoretical speed would then be 60 MBps, but with the over-head it is more like 10 bits per Byte, so that gets to be about 48 MBps ... THEORETICAL. Getting a fourth to a third of the theoretical speed (12 to 18 MBps) is much more realistic, and you are getting 15 MBps, so you are right in the ball park. I have a high speed flashdrive (not all are high speed, even though they are rated for USB 2.0) and I get just about 1 GBpm (Giga Byte per minute) transfer speed, which is just about 17 MBps. I am pretty happy with that. |
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