[ale] OT Gotta love USB 3

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Yes. PLEASE. PRETTY PLEASE.

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On 11/5/13 10:30 PM, dev null oh two wrote:
> 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.
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> 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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