From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "xerces8" Subject: Re: need advice: slow IO on eSATA WD MyBook compared with ext. ATA MyBook. Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:50:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <48BEE9B2.6070100@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from ikar.perftech.si ([195.246.0.20]:48775 "EHLO ikar.perftech.si" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754608AbYIDIuZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 04:50:25 -0400 Received: from dedal.perftech.si (unknown [10.12.0.44]) by ikar.perftech.si (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id D20541C60D1 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:50:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dedal.perftech.si ([10.12.0.44]) by ikar.perftech.si with ESMTP id 9RW6di7I3OVHp0ov for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:50:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from WorldClient by butn.net (MDaemon PRO v9.6.4) with ESMTP id 17-md50000234400.msg for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:50:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <48BEE9B2.6070100@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: andrew henry , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org andrew henry wrote: > I wonder if anyone has had experience with WD MyBook drives, where ol= der > ATA drives are faster than newer eSATA drives? 1.) The advice: get rid of WD MyBook Studio Edition 2.) they suck (I own one myself) 3.) they suck (google around... I can dig up some links if you want) 4.) You could use them over USB. I guess it is the only interface that works reliably. I had sometimes below 10 MB/s transfers with Firewire. 5.) currently I use an exchanged drive. The first one never exceeded 40= MB/s over eSATA. 6.) Just get rid of it ;-) Some links: - "WD MyBook Studi doe snot work over eSATA with linux" http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D9913#c26 Regards, David Bala=C5=BEic PS: You get 38 MB/s write on WD 320GB over USB ? That is "rekordverd=C3= =A4chtig" as the Germans would say. (in english "recordsuspicious", I would empha= size the "suspicious" part myself.