How long should it take to transfer 40gb between 2 harddrives?

dario03 · 09-26-2007, 06:34 PM

I'm moving a bunch of files around so I can format and reinstall windows and its taking 30 minutes to transfer from 1 7200rpm ata100 hdd to another 7200rpm ata100 hdd. Is that normal?

peterhuang913 · 09-26-2007, 06:41 PM

40gb for 30 minutes seems normal to me

vernong1992 · 09-26-2007, 06:45 PM

makes sense.... if you had a 10k HD it'd be faster

veedubfreak · 09-26-2007, 06:46 PM

Ya that sounds about right. When i moved my rig into the 900 i finally pulled the 2 old 40gb drives and had to transfer all that over to my sata's and i think it took around 20-30m per drive.

dario03 · 09-26-2007, 07:07 PM

How long would it take if I was transferring to the same drives but it was 4 drives paried in raid 0?

Just wondering because I'm gonna be raiding when I reinstall.

vernong1992 · 09-26-2007, 07:09 PM

probably a couple of minutes shorter?

Sora · 09-26-2007, 08:34 PM

i would imagine maybe 25-40% increase in performance in RAID 0 than one drive but that is just a very big rough estimate.

MacDaddyGator · 09-26-2007, 10:06 PM

I just did 73 in one hour.

aetherh4cker · 09-26-2007, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dario03

How long would it take if I was transferring to the same drives but it was 4 drives paried in raid 0?

Just wondering because I'm gonna be raiding when I reinstall.

If you're going to be using so many drives I would recommend a RAID5!

That way you can have slightly increased performance as well as drive failure protection. It would really suck if you used RAID0 and one of the drives failed... and you lost 4 drives of data.

My next PC I hope to have a 5 drive RAID5... or maybe 6 drives!

dario03 · 09-26-2007, 10:28 PM

I meant having 2 different pairs of drives in raid 0 (2 drives each). I don't actually have that many same size drives drives now. I have 3 and am going to raid the 2 160gb drives that I have.

I was just wondering.

09-26-2007, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
dario03 Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,463	How long should it take to transfer 40gb between 2 harddrives? I'm moving a bunch of files around so I can format and reinstall windows and its taking 30 minutes to transfer from 1 7200rpm ata100 hdd to another 7200rpm ata100 hdd. Is that normal? __________________ Intel e2180 @ 3.3ghz, Cooler Master Hyper TX2 92MM, Abit IP35-V, 6gb OCZ ddr2 800, OCZ StealthXStream 600W, X-Infinity case (silver with blue led) EVGA 8800GT. 3dmark06 = ~12,000 "Now I lay my computer down to sleep, I pray the hard drive my files to keep, If I should lose power before I save, I pray the hard drive my backups to take" The Techies' Bible - Dario 1:1

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veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,156	Re: How long should it take to transfer 40gb between 2 harddrives? Ya that sounds about right. When i moved my rig into the 900 i finally pulled the 2 old 40gb drives and had to transfer all that over to my sata's and i think it took around 20-30m per drive. __________________ EVGA x58 i7 920 EVGA GTX260 SLI 3x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1600 @9-9-9-24 Corsair 750TX MountainMods Ufo Horizontal 2x Swiftech 320 2x Swiftech 655 2x MM 3bay res 2x XSPC FC Blocks Swiftech GTZ Have you heard? http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f6/hav...-heard-187280/

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dario03 Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,463	Re: How long should it take to transfer 40gb between 2 harddrives? How long would it take if I was transferring to the same drives but it was 4 drives paried in raid 0? Just wondering because I'm gonna be raiding when I reinstall. __________________ Intel e2180 @ 3.3ghz, Cooler Master Hyper TX2 92MM, Abit IP35-V, 6gb OCZ ddr2 800, OCZ StealthXStream 600W, X-Infinity case (silver with blue led) EVGA 8800GT. 3dmark06 = ~12,000 "Now I lay my computer down to sleep, I pray the hard drive my files to keep, If I should lose power before I save, I pray the hard drive my backups to take" The Techies' Bible - Dario 1:1

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09-26-2007, 10:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
dario03 Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,463	Re: How long should it take to transfer 40gb between 2 harddrives? I meant having 2 different pairs of drives in raid 0 (2 drives each). I don't actually have that many same size drives drives now. I have 3 and am going to raid the 2 160gb drives that I have. I was just wondering. __________________ Intel e2180 @ 3.3ghz, Cooler Master Hyper TX2 92MM, Abit IP35-V, 6gb OCZ ddr2 800, OCZ StealthXStream 600W, X-Infinity case (silver with blue led) EVGA 8800GT. 3dmark06 = ~12,000 "Now I lay my computer down to sleep, I pray the hard drive my files to keep, If I should lose power before I save, I pray the hard drive my backups to take" The Techies' Bible - Dario 1:1

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