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diff --git a/src/Benchmarks:Toshiba_Canvio_Slim.adoc b/src/Benchmarks:Toshiba_Canvio_Slim.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9651cc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Benchmarks:Toshiba_Canvio_Slim.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Benchmarks:Toshiba Canvio Slim +============================== +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + + +== {doctitle} + +If you're considering purchasing an external hard drive, :Category:Benchmarks[ +these benchmarks] should hopefully help clear up some questions you might have. +In this post, I benchmark my http://www.toshiba.com/us/canvio-slim[Toshiba +Canvio Slim] hard drive. I've been using this drive for about a year now and +it has performed well for me. It has even taken a drop while it was plugged in +(it disconnected from the cable even). Here are the IO metrics from the great +https://www.gnu.org/[GNU] utility, dd + +image:files/Toshiba_Canvio_Slim.png[height=300] + +* *Manufacturer*: http://www.toshiba.com/us/[Toshiba] +* *Name*: http://www.toshiba.com/us/canvio-slim[Canvio Slim] +* *Made in*: Philippines +* *Size*: 500GB +* *Interface*: USB 3.0/2.0 +* *Average Write Speed*: 99.0 MB/s +* *Average Read Speed*: 93.5 MB/s + +[[benchmarks]] +=== Benchmarks + +[[usb3-devzero-write]] +==== USB3 /dev/zero Write + +Writing 16 gigabytes of zeros. + +---- +dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=16384 +16384+0 records in +16384+0 records out +17179869184 bytes (17 GB) copied, 173.495 s, 99.0 MB/s +---- + + +[[usb3-read-to-devnull]] +==== USB3 Read to /dev/null + +Reading 16 gigabytes to /dev/null. + +---- +dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/null bs=1M count=16384 +16384+0 records in +16384+0 records out +17179869184 bytes (17 GB) copied, 183.838 s, 93.5 MB/s +---- + +Category:Hard_Drives +Category:Benchmarks +Category:Toshiba + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: |