I'm seeing this whilst dding zeroes to an external USB connected SATA disk..
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2012-07-29 13:18:34.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/770258/+attachment/3240842/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-07-29%2013%3A18%3A34.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/770258 Title: Extremely high latency when writing to USB drives. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/770258/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs