[ale] OT Gotta love USB 3

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how is this Linux related or even mildly interesting to this list?

Admin: please create the ale-chat list so this garbage can be moved 
elsewhere.


On 11/5/2013 11:25 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> I just got my first chance to try a USB 3 port on the motherboard that 
> I have.  I finally got my hands on a USB 3 enclosure and stuck the new 
> WD 2 TB Black drive mentioned in another thread in it.
>
> I'm getting transfer rates of around 100 MB / sec to the drive, which 
> is limited by the spinning platters.  I love it.  That's 2-3 times 
> what I was ever able to get out of USB 2.
>
> The interface should be capable of close to 500 MB / sec if I had 
> anything that could absorb data that fast.
>
> If I have to do any backups to external media, they're going on THAT 
> motherboard connection.  That should be less painful than before.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
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