I've been trying to figure out how to fix upload speed on my computer for some time. I've done all the search and destroy/malware/disk cleaners, but there seems to be so much junk running in the background that uploading image files is only getting to about 47MBps after the cache fills. Uploading a couple thousand images takes a very long time. It also encumbers the hard drive after the upload until I get everything culled and processed. And even if I sorted it out it's still only going to write to its capabilities.
I looked at adding an internal SSD and may still at some point. I've looked at desktop hubs for added drives, even found a few with card slots built-in for direct transfer. What I ended with is a much simpler solution. A small 0.5T external SSD solves the problem. Just connect my reader to one USB and the SSD to another, then select all and drag/drop.
A Sony Tough 270/150 128Gb card gets just over 200MBps transfer. A 260Gb Pergear Express Type A card Starts at 300MBps until the cache fills, then drops to 240MBps for the duration. Both were tested with about 400 RAW files, the cache filled using the Type A card after about 260 files.
My plan is to use the 0.5T SSD as a transient drive. It won't be used for storage. Upload to the drive, cull, process the keepers, and save the jpegs to the Computer's HD, then transfer the RAW files for the keepers to the HD for storage. Once done, scrub the SSD for the next time. I purchased a smaller SSD on purpose so I'm not tempted to turn it into storage or backup, I have other external drives for that.
Anyway, this was simple, cost effective, and will serve the purpose until I decide to upgrade my computer.
I looked at adding an internal SSD and may still at some point. I've looked at desktop hubs for added drives, even found a few with card slots built-in for direct transfer. What I ended with is a much simpler solution. A small 0.5T external SSD solves the problem. Just connect my reader to one USB and the SSD to another, then select all and drag/drop.
A Sony Tough 270/150 128Gb card gets just over 200MBps transfer. A 260Gb Pergear Express Type A card Starts at 300MBps until the cache fills, then drops to 240MBps for the duration. Both were tested with about 400 RAW files, the cache filled using the Type A card after about 260 files.
My plan is to use the 0.5T SSD as a transient drive. It won't be used for storage. Upload to the drive, cull, process the keepers, and save the jpegs to the Computer's HD, then transfer the RAW files for the keepers to the HD for storage. Once done, scrub the SSD for the next time. I purchased a smaller SSD on purpose so I'm not tempted to turn it into storage or backup, I have other external drives for that.
Anyway, this was simple, cost effective, and will serve the purpose until I decide to upgrade my computer.
