sata, usb, fw honk ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sde /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 1824 MB in 2.00 seconds = 912.27 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 238 MB in 3.02 seconds = 78.81 MB/sec /dev/sdc: Timing cached reads: 1782 MB in 2.00 seconds = 890.99 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 76 MB in 3.07 seconds = 24.72 MB/sec /dev/sde: Timing cached reads: 1792 MB in 2.00 seconds = 896.10 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 72 MB in 3.07 seconds = 23.49 MB/sec