The U34 Bolt from Oyen boasts impressive sustained throughput of 3.1GB/s but surprisingly remains silent and cool during operation. While exploring the reasons for varying performance in storage devices, the author delves into the complexities of interface, device, filesystem, and software performance. Through testing different data sets, the author highlights the impact of small files on copying speed, emphasizing the importance of efficient software. The article concludes with a comparison of restore speeds from different backup disks, showing that a faster backup disk can significantly reduce restore times, especially for large files. Ultimately, investing in a high-speed backup disk like the U34 Bolt can pay off during the critical restore process.
https://bombich.com/blog/2024/08/27/file-copying-olympics-how-file-size-impacts-race-for-performance-gold