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DateSun, 29 Jun 2003 06:24:28 -0400 (EDT)
From"Mr. James W. Laferriere" <>
SubjectRe: bkbits.net is down
	Hello Daniel ,

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Daniel Egger wrote:
> Am Sam, 2003-06-28 um 22.31 schrieb Alan Cox:
> > I'm testing the USB2 disk idea at the moment. Big problem is performance
> > - 5Mbytes/second isnt the best backup rate in the world.
> Which are 300Mbytes/minute, still faster than many tapes.
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	5MB/Sec is faster than MOST tapes drivs ?  Or ???
	If you are talking older scsi-2 or 1 drives yes .
	But on a properly tuned system any of the newer tape drives s/b
	able beat that hands down .

> I've also made the experience that IEEE1394 (aka Firewire/iLink) is
> always faster than USB2.
	I'd like to see a raising hands that have this functional at
	anywhere near line (60% is close enough) rate ?
		Tia ,  JimL
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