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FAQ Solitaire Forensics FAQs Why do I sometimes see transfer speeds greater than 975MB/min, and other times as low as 200MB/min?
FAQ Solitaire Forensics FAQs Why do I sometimes see transfer speeds greater than 975MB/min, and other times as low as 200MB/min?
Why do I sometimes see transfer speeds greater than 975MB/min, and other times as low as 200MB/min?
Why do I sometimes see transfer speeds greater than 975MB/min, and other times as low as 200MB/min?
Answer
There are many factors that determine transfer speed:
- The age of the drives - The speed of the operation is governed by the slowest drive in the system. If an old drive is used, chances are it cannot sustain high transfer speed. Newer drives have faster electronics and larger caches, and can sustain rates as high as 16MB/sec.
- Suspect drive with bad or weak sectors - With the Sector Recovery option enabled, the system will attempt to recover data from bad or weak sectors found on the suspect drive. This can be a time consuming operation, and may cause the overall speed of the capture to drop.
- Suspect drive with bad or weak sectors - With the Sector Recovery option disabled, the standard retry mechanisms may still result in a reduction in transfer speed.