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USB Data Transfer Speeds

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ChAoTiCpInOy

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I am considering buyin ga Lexar Jumpdrive Lightning drive to get some better data transfer speeds. But do I really need to buy this to get faster speeds? Is there any other way to increase transfer speeds?
 
USB 2.0 is limited to (roughly) 30 MB/s. The latest breed of large SATA drives is about three times as fast as that - so no way.

Currently, if you want a fast external harddisk, you go with eSATA, FireWire 800, or SAS. Even FireWire 400 is faster than USB 2.0.
 
I've gotten near to 30MB/sec read speed with an external HDD on my USB connections. while it is theoretically capable of around 48MB/sec, I've never seen it happen. My Flash card reader is plenty fast for me, but I'm generally not trying to move large files. Do a search for reviews on the Lexar to see what real-world numbers people are getting.

.bh.
 
I always go by 10 bits per byte allowing for protocol overhead. If there is NO transmission overhead in the USB protocol then BB would be correct.

.bh.
 
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