#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt install#
#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt software#
#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt download#

These connection standards have been around for quite some time now and they connect just about any device to your computer. Even if you havenвЂ™t yet used it, you are very familiar with its predecessors: USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. If you need help you're on your own.ДЁ) I suggest you don't use RAID 0 unless you have a particular reason.Д©) RAID IS NOT A BACKUP.USB vs Thunderbolt Thunderbolt vs USB : What is Thunderbolt? Again, this relates to my older units and may not be the case with new.Д¦) There's a ton of these things used on eBay.Д§) G-TECH technical service pack up and moved to the beach. The hardware RAID controller can also go Tango Uniform, and if it does you may not be able to read the drives even if they are removable. The drives are not the only possible point of failure. Presumably If you are buying new there's something in the package that tells you this, but I bought on eBay and had to figure this out myself.ДҐ).

#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt download#

In order to configure the hardware RAID sets in the enclosures, you have to visit the G-TECH site and download the controlling software. Mine are old, so this may not be the case with new.Д¤). I can only read the drives in the enclosure in which the RAID 0 set was created. Much to my surprise, a RAID 0 set seated in one enclosure and then removed and reinstalled in the other enclosure cannot be read.

#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt software#

I haven't looked recently, but at the time I bought every single one on eBay.Дў) Depending on their age, some of the G-RAID enclosures are software RAID and some are hardware RAID.ДЈ) I have two of the removable enclosures with hardware RAID. I had to purchase a bunch of drive caddies used on eBay. They would only sell them with an enterprise drive already in the caddy. G-TECH wouldn't sell me the empty drive caddies. The wires are faster, but the connected device is the limiting factor.ДЎ). I'm not sure I fully understand the difference, particularly whether Thunderbolt 3 will actually give me better performance, so I'm turning to the wisdom of this forum 'Course that's also gonna shoot your allowance for the year and reduce storage capacity.

#Usb 3 transfer rate vs thunderbolt install#

If you install SSD's instead of HDD's in a RAID 0 configuration you can benifite from Thunderbolt.

Mine happen to be on Thunderbolt II, but that's because I had it and thought why not. Since Western Digital owns G-Tech that means two WD HDD's.Д®ven if you configure them for RAID 0, USP 3 will be sufficient.

The limiting factor is not the connection, it's the drive installed in the housing. I'm looking to get an external RAID (G-Technology G-RAID) and am trying to figure out whether I need Thunderbolt 3 (or USB-C) or if USB 3.0 is sufficient.

So if best-case is reading 271 MB/s (each) off two drives at the same time, it's probably not realistic to expect to see actual speed of 500 MB/s very often. The ones shown in that review (which granted, is not specifically about the G-Tech drives) had a sustained transfer rate (after finding the data) of 146 to 271 MB/s. They probably also assume the use of enterprise hard disk drives. That mode can increase speed, but if either drive fails, you'll lose the contents of both drives.

I presume that these are all best-case figures and that they rely on running in hardware RAID 0 (mirroring) mode. On the datasheet for the Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C drive, it lists data transfer rate as On the datasheet for the USB 3.0 / eSATA / FireWire 800 drive, it lists data transfer rate as If you are putting hard drives inside these enclosures (which seems to be the way the vendor ships them), you may find your effective speed limited more by the hard drives than by USB 3.0 vs.