How long would it take to transfer 1TB over USB 2.0?
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This might be a completely stupid question because it is conceivably highly dependent on the respective disk speeds. But I am thinking that there is a speed cap that is specific to USB 2.0 that would by itself define a lower limit. How long would it take to transfer 1TB of data from an external dri…
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USB 2.0 has a signaling rate of 480 Mbit/s. The same article says that typical real-world throughput is "about two thirds of the maximum theoretical bulk data transfer rate of 53.248 MB/s." If my math is correct, and it probably isn't, that suggests…
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