Maximizing Memory Card Backup Speed - JOBO GIGA ONE SONIC Manual

For Mac OS:
Drag the "Removable Drive" symbol to the "Trash Can" to eject the GIGA ONE SONIC.
Disconnect the USB cable to turn off the GIGA ONE SONIC.

8. Maximizing Memory Card Backup Speed

The GIGA ONE SONIC is capable of extremely fast memory card backup transfer speed.
However there are many factors which may affect actual copy performance. You may wish
to check the following points to improve copy performance:
A) Choose high speed memory cards designed for professional photographers.
Normal speed memory cards cannot achieve high speed copy performance
B) Use CompactFlash CF memory cards as far as possible. The CF card slot has a
16-bit data path to the GIGA ONE SONIC which allows CF cards to copy faster
than other types of memory cards. The GIGA ONE SONIC is optimized for SanDisk
Extreme III & IV CF cards.
C) Format the memory card to FAT16 whenever possible. FAT16 formatted memory
cards will have faster transfer speeds than FAT12 or FAT32 formatted memory
cards.
D) A hard drive with 8MB cache or more will achieve faster transfer speed. The cache
size has a greater effect than the hard drive rotational speed. Hence a 4200rpm
8MB cache hard drive will perform better than a 5400rpm 2MB cache hard drive.
E) Format the hard drive with the GIGA ONE SONIC built-in formatter. This will improve
copy performance especially for hard drives with smaller cache.
F) The greater the number of files on the memory card, the slower the transfer speed.
Some cameras will create many small thumbnails when storing RAW files. This will
affect copy transfer speed.
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