Aug 06 2011

Choose the Best Interface for the Job

Here’s another quick tip for tonight.

These days, we have all sorts of interfaces in our computers: wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, Firewire, eSATA, Bluetooth just to name a few. However, sometimes the most convenient interface won’t be the quickest.

For instance, when I was transferring all the data from the old drives to the new drives in my Windows Home Server I started using a hard drive dock. What I didn’t realise at the time was I was attempting to do some heavy duty data transfers over USB – not the brightest idea (even if I was going to leave it going overnight). Eventually, I caught on that moving several terabytes of data would probably be best done by opening up the computer and hooking the drive up inside using a much faster SATA interface.

Similarly, when the new MacBook Air arrived transferring the data over Wi-Fi from the MacBook Pro was going to be slower than hooking one or both of them up with a cable to the network. Whilst using Wi-Fi would have kept the room clear of cable clutter it would have been much slower compared to 100Mbps or 1Gbps Ethernet.

Again, there are trade offs but sometimes you just need to take a hit on convenience for the sake of speed.

Boydo

My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting.

In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA).

I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets.

I love technology, gadgets, and the Internet and maintain a keen interest in these areas locally, nationally, and globally. I hope by sharing my views on these topics that people will receive an honest point of view from someone with a genuine interest in these topics.

I have also written and edited articles for Neowin - you can check out my articles over @ https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/boyd_chan

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