Hi,
Have spent most today educating myself via google in attempt to understand then resolve this issue. No luck so far…
Issue:
VERY slow write speed to mybook Studio II 6tb.
Eg. data writing <5gb of photos took > 2 hours
Blackmagic speed test - reports write failure/ or <4Mbps
So far I have:
Power cycled Ext HDD
Power cycled iMac
Tried USB connection instead
Run WD Raid Manager - both disks reported as ‘Good’
Dismounted and mounted to a late 2009 Macbook, on Snow Leopard, via USB. Same issue.
Duplicated files that exist on the drives. 3.5Gb file duplication required an 1hour. So same issue.
This, inparticular, makes me think it is not the connection but something not correct with the drive itself
Reivewed firmware and drivers on support site, and whilst there is a +TURBO option for this drive, the current performance belies a significant problem that I wish to fix before introducing further variables.
This idrive wsa previously working fine, however, (disappointingly) I am unable to pinpoint the exact start date and subsequent change that may be causing it.
Any ideas welcome…
Regards
AndyN
