Utility to time copying data to figure out transfer rate?

[Kelemvor]

I'm comparing some various items and how fast they can copy files. I can just start it up and use my stopwatch to see how long it takes, but is there any tool out there that will do it for me? Just looking for amount of data transferred, how long it took, and then the transfer rate.

Since I may not be able to watch the transfer the whole time I don't want it to end while I'm not there and mess up my timing if I have to do it manually.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Normal file transfer in Explorer shows speed. Select not to close the window when done.

Any help?

 

[Kelemvor]

I'm transfering from external hard drive to internal hard drive.. not downloading from a website. Windows Explorer just shows the time (which is usually off anyway). IE shows the speed. Is there a wya to use the IE window to copy files and have it show the rate?

Oh, this is WIn2k if that matters.

 

[imported_Phil]

Yes; have a look here for SiSoft Sandra, it's a nifty benchmarking tool and it has a section for hard disk benchmarks. However, this may not test the transfer rate between two devices. It will give you a speed result for the external drive and internal drive- that way you can figure out which one is the bottleneck.

 

[Kelemvor]

The bottleneck that I'm worried about is how we connect the two. We are testing a USB1.1 setup, a USB2 setup, a EZ Gig PXMCIA card setup, a Crossover Cable setup, etc. And just want to gather some speed data as to how quickly they can transfer data versus how much they cost so we can outfit our techs with the most cost/time effective solution for transferring data.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I'd like to know this as well.

I'm wanting to see the "true" transfer rate of my USB2.0 flash drive, and I don't care about Sandra's benchmarks.

 

[Kelemvor]

Well, when I'm done I'll post the numbers that I get from my trusty stopwatch on my $7 watch from KMart.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
The bottleneck that I'm worried about is how we connect the two. We are testing a USB1.1 setup, a USB2 setup, a EZ Gig PXMCIA card setup, a Crossover Cable setup, etc. And just want to gather some speed data as to how quickly they can transfer data versus how much they cost so we can outfit our techs with the most cost/time effective solution for transferring data.

That's pretty much a forgone conclusion - 10/100 NIC any day for cost, easiest implementation, speed (somewhat)...

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: Dopefiend

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
The bottleneck that I'm worried about is how we connect the two. We are testing a USB1.1 setup, a USB2 setup, a EZ Gig PXMCIA card setup, a Crossover Cable setup, etc. And just want to gather some speed data as to how quickly they can transfer data versus how much they cost so we can outfit our techs with the most cost/time effective solution for transferring data.

That's pretty much a forgone conclusion - 10/100 NIC any day for cost, easiest implementation, speed (somewhat)...

Only problem is if Windows takes a dump so we have to transfer their data off to a working computer but can't boot off the drive, then we need some other way of getting at the files with the drive slaved. That's why we're looking at the various external solutions.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior

Originally posted by: Dopefiend

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
The bottleneck that I'm worried about is how we connect the two. We are testing a USB1.1 setup, a USB2 setup, a EZ Gig PXMCIA card setup, a Crossover Cable setup, etc. And just want to gather some speed data as to how quickly they can transfer data versus how much they cost so we can outfit our techs with the most cost/time effective solution for transferring data.

That's pretty much a forgone conclusion - 10/100 NIC any day for cost, easiest implementation, speed (somewhat)...

Only problem is if Windows takes a dump so we have to transfer their data off to a working computer but can't boot off the drive, then we need some other way of getting at the files with the drive slaved. That's why we're looking at the various external solutions.

That's a pretty simple thing to do again- Norton Ghost Corporate edition, boot from a CD/floppy that loads DOS-mode network drivers, and Ghostcast the contents of the machine to a server. Use Ghost Explorer to walk through the image and retrieve files.

Seriously, if you can get that much worked out and working, there's no real need for anything else.

 

[Kelemvor]

We don't have access to servers in the field. All we usually get is a laptop and 2 hard drives. Sometimes 2 laptops but not usually.