Problem with ata and sata drives ?

[zxy]

Hi All,

can someone help me with this ?

I've a system running an 80 gig ata (ibm) hd and a 200 gig sata (Maxtor).

Running on an Abit nf7-s and an SI 3112 sata controller. system has a
gig of ddr 400 under win xp sp2.

OK, I'm downloading 3 to 4 hundred meg files (tv shows), When I unpack
(using winrar) ata to ata a file takes 20 to 30 sec's to complete. When
I unpack the same file ata to sata it takes 7 mins ?

I'm running the latest drivers for everything. shouldn't it be at least
the same speed going to the (faster) sata ?

Is there a setting I've missed somewhere ?

Ben

 

[Bob Willard]

Hi All,

can someone help me with this ?

I've a system running an 80 gig ata (ibm) hd and a 200 gig sata (Maxtor).

Running on an Abit nf7-s and an SI 3112 sata controller. system has a
gig of ddr 400 under win xp sp2.

OK, I'm downloading 3 to 4 hundred meg files (tv shows), When I unpack
(using winrar) ata to ata a file takes 20 to 30 sec's to complete. When
I unpack the same file ata to sata it takes 7 mins ?

I'm running the latest drivers for everything. shouldn't it be at least
the same speed going to the (faster) sata ?

Is there a setting I've missed somewhere ?

Ben

All else being equal (which it never is), copying a file from one HD to
a different HD is faster than copying a file from one HD to itself,
since the dual-HD copy avoids most of the seeks of the single-HD copy.
So try some copies (PATA=>PATA, PATA=>SATA, SATA=>PATA) of large files
to see if they make sense; copy a single large file, not a folder full
of little files, and make sure the file is large enough that you can
measure transfer times with a watch.

Run HDtach (from www.simplisoftware.com) on both HDs to check that your
connection delivers the read speed as per the specs for that HD.

For all performance experiments, make sure the system is doing nothing
but the experiment, since other apps can cloud the results.

 

[JS]

Is the SATA controller on the motherboard or a PCI card?

JS

 

[zxy]

Is the SATA controller on the motherboard or a PCI card?

JS

Pci card. latest drivers installed

 

[JS]

As an experiment try ATA to SATA and see how long it takes

JS

 

[zxy]

As an experiment try ATA to SATA and see how long it takes

JS

Ok, stranger and stranger..

sata to sata 65 sec
sata to ata 28 sec
ata to sata 6 mins + ??
ata to ata 20 sec

same 360 meg file for all tests (well same batch of 15 meg rar files).

I'll just change the way I download and unpack...

 

[JS]

Do you have an excessively large amount of existing files on the SATA
drive/partition where the unpack is performed?

JS

 

[zxy]

Do you have an excessively large amount of existing files on the SATA
drive/partition where the unpack is performed?

JS

No, it's a 30 gig partition that I use just to unpack to. The files are
then run through video conversion s/w to another partition and the
original file is deleted. It's about 50% empty as a rule and defragged
about once a month.

The test figures I posted make it look like theres some 'issue' with
controller but only one way ?