DynaMO 2300 magneto-optical drive transfer rate

[Gojko Magazinovic]

Hi,

The declared transfer rate of a Fujitsu DynaMO 2300 magneto-optical
drive is approximately 8.5 Mb/s. However, I am not able not obtain
more than some 600 to 800 kb/s (by using 2.3GB disks on Win2000 and
WinXP). Is the 800 kb/s transfer rate a real maximum of that device or
my drive needs some kind of software or hardware repair.

Thanks in advance,

Gojko Magazinovic

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi,

The declared transfer rate of a Fujitsu DynaMO 2300 magneto-optical
drive is approximately 8.5 Mb/s. However, I am not able not obtain
more than some 600 to 800 kb/s (by using 2.3GB disks on Win2000 and
WinXP). Is the 800 kb/s transfer rate a real maximum of that device or
my drive needs some kind of software or hardware repair.

That is the reansfer rate from and to the cache/buffer in the drive,
not the media transfer rate. Same as with HDDs. The 800kB/sec
is the media transfer rate for the media you are using. Also keep
in mind that reads are half as fast (DOW medium) or a third as
fast (regular medium).

Arno