There's no reason it shouldnt be ready. You approach native drive speeds (at least spinning drives) with USB 3.0. Just make sure it is a PCIe USB3 card. If there is even PCI it'd be crippled by the bus.
That be all Mr O. --- On Fri, 6/3/11, marbux <[email protected]> wrote: > From: marbux <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] What's the USB 3.0 experience on Linux so far? > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 1:16 PM > Hi, all, > > I'm tempted to add a USB 3.0 PCI card to my 64-bit box and > add to my > collection of USB devices a high capacity external drive > for backups > and archival purposes. That box currently runs Linux Mint > Julia as the > host and a few VirtualBox VMs as needed. > > I have no problems accessing USB 2.0 devices from the VMs > but am > wondering whether USB 3.0 is yet ready for prime time on > Ubuntu > derivatives and VirtualBox. Doesn't seem to be a lot of > information > out there yet on the topic. > > Any relevant problems anyone knows of? > > And are actual USB 3.0 data transfer rates worth messing > with what > already works but 'twould be nice if it worked a bit > faster? > > Appreciate any wisdom, as always. > > Best regards, > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
