Re: test usb drive read / write speed

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 04/24/2011 09:44 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:09:00 +0800, Huang, Tao wrote:
>
> > i was trying to find out among several microSD cards which one has the
> > fastest speed.
> > i searched the web and didn't see any efficient solutions. are there
> > conventional ways to test usb drive read / write speed? or any block
> > device?
> (...)
>
> You may find useful this link:
>
> http://grigio.org/microsd_class_6_performance_benchmarks
>
> It seems to be using "palimtest", a nice GUI tool included within the
> GNOME desktop. Just a careful note here, write speed test needs the
> device to be completely empty (with no data nor partitions).
>
> Greetings,
Do you mean "palimpsest" or is that something else?

--doug

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