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From: Lars Noodén
Subject: Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 3:26 am

David Vasek wrote:

Data transfer such as for full backups or cloning or audio/video.
Haven't tested it yet on OpenBSD, I still have USB-only / ethernet-base
storage for those systems.  Subjectively, I find FW to be much faster
than USB2 on my hardware using OS X and Ubuntu.

Notes from published comparisons below.  YMMV:

	"Although the USB 2.0 is speedier than the FireWire, the
	latter beats it when used in high-speed storage devices. "
 http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/usb20vsfirewire/


 	"Read Test:
	 5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 33% faster than USB 2.0
	160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 70% faster than USB 2.0
  	Write Test:
	 5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 16% faster than USB 2.0
	 160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 48% faster than USB 2.0
 http://www.cwol.com/firewire/firewire-vs-usb.htm



	Tests	USB2	FW	% faster than USB 2.0
	Test 1 (read)	6.12	8.14	32.99
	Test 2 (read)	6.39	10.89	70.51
	Test 1 (write)	5.11	5.92	15.85
	Test 2 (write)	5.76	8.50	47.59
http://g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/39129/USB-20-Versus-FireWire_pg3.html


	"Our benchmarks show Firewire 800 is up to 46% faster
	than a drive connected to the more common Firewire 400,
	and about 29% faster than USB 2.0. "
 http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2602&p=15

regards,
-Lars
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Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Dieter, (Tue Feb 24, 9:08 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, David Vasek, (Wed Feb 25, 2:45 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Lars Noodén, (Wed Feb 25, 3:26 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, David Vasek, (Wed Feb 25, 3:34 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Pierre Riteau, (Wed Feb 25, 3:34 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Lars Noodén, (Wed Feb 25, 3:44 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Rod Whitworth, (Wed Feb 25, 3:47 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, David Vasek, (Wed Feb 25, 4:04 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Lars Noodén, (Wed Feb 25, 4:43 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Hannah Schroeter, (Wed Feb 25, 5:50 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, Hannah Schroeter, (Wed Feb 25, 5:51 am)
Re: Inexpensive, low power, "wall wart" computer, David Vasek, (Wed Feb 25, 6:13 am)