Slow transfer rate on my ext2 partition (Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit)

stefanofalone · 10-03-2010, 07:01 AM

Hi everyone,
I would like to know if it is normal to experience 10MB/s data transfer rates during copying between partitions on my local hard drives (Toshiba 250GB 5400rpm SATA) while having three times faster (30MB/s) transfer rates between local partitions and USB drives (Kingston 8GB).

Thank You all very much in advance.

Stefano

catkin · 10-03-2010, 07:08 AM

Yes -- the head is having to seek back and forth between partitions but not when copying to another hardware.