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		gpapilion on Jan 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Ha... It’s worth noting nvme and ssds make this possible. If this were off an hdd this approach would likely be slower.

genewitch on Jan 27, 2024 [–]

272MB/s is "consumer spinning rust RAID 5 via USB3" speeds. I know this because that's roughly what my NAS backup machine does on writes/reads. From a NAS on gbit it's overpowered by 150%, for sure.

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