Nana Ellen Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I have a CMFUSBHC-64GB Voyager. I'm testing new backup software: backing up to my external hard drive, the program writes 21,000 files (one at a time), 18.2GB, in about 20 minutes. Trying the identical backup to the Voyager is taking hours. The software maker says that's too slow, there's something wrong with the flash drive. I suspect it's normal. What should its speed be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 12, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 12, 2009 The 64 Gig Flash Voyager will write at about 7.1 MBps with a 100 MB file size if there are a lot of smaller files it may take a few hours for that many files. Please try the HD-Bench software to test the performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Ellen Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 I read "Bubu's" thread "Writing Speed below expectations". You suggested trying the HD Bench software to test performance with a 100MB file. I downloaded the software and ran the test twice: 1) Read 18614, Write 3198, FileCopy 140. 2) Read 17155, Write 3582, FileCopy 138. I have no idea what those numbers mean. Can you interpret? You said Bubu's drive should write at 8MBps and read at 23-30MBps. I'm trying to save about 21,000 files, about 18GB. I can write that data out to my external hard drive in 15-20 minutes. And to the Voyager, after about 7 hours, 15,311 files are copied (12.6GB); 7300 remain. It seems awfully slow. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Bugu owns a different part #, and as such you cannot compare the results between the two devices. Link to the thread: http://www.asktheramguy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77122 Can't compare HDDs to USB. Different data writing mechanics. Also, did you run the test using the 100 MB setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 13, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 13, 2009 You will need to format the Flash Drive then run the test with a 100 MB File size. Please use the Fat32 Format Utility to format the drive then run the test with a 100 MB Files size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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