I loaded a large number of CD's, DVDs and BluRay discs recently and spread the importing over several different import devices and thought I would share what I have seen. Certainly the M500 readers were much faster for DVD, but curiously they were slower for CD compared to the old KReader I have.
I used a Speedreader and a KREADER at the same time for 3 simultaneous streams of CD/DVD. Later, when the BluRay units came in, I used two M500 Bluray readers and one KREADER for 3 simultaneous stream. All were connected via gig-E to a 3U KSERVER via a Dell managed switch.
These are average load times across my collection. I did not feel like doing an exact copy of titles because I had better things to do than delete and reload a high number of discs, but here is what I got from a decent sample size.
For average speed on DVDs, I had to eliminate "problem discs" to give a fair reading, since I had one disc at OVER 37 hours (Anne of Green Gables, part 1, side 1) which would skew the numbers greatly.
I also included the average times for direct server transfer, but I did not count how many titles I did that way - suffice it to say it was a lot via server transfer.
BluRay - 41 discs loaded
Fastest Loading - 38 minutes - The Bank Job
Longest loading - (tie) 2 hours, 50 minutes - Dollhouse, Season 1, Disc 1 & Terminator 2
Average Load time - 1 hours, 59 minutes
DVD - 865 discs loaded
M500: 234 discs loaded, average 22.141 minutes each (4min low, 58 min high)
Speedreader: 461 discs loaded, average 23.718 minutes each (3min low, 45min high)
KReader: 170 discs loaded, average 36.6 minutes each (10 min low, 60 min high)
Direct server transfer from a 5U server was 6.821 minutes per title.
CD - 677 discs loaded
M500: 14 discs loaded, average 16.000 minutes each (8 min. low, 22 min. high)
Speedreader: 568 discs loaded, average 5.826 minutes each. (36sec low, 21 min. high)
KReader: 95 discs loaded, average 8.726 minutes each. (2min. low, 35 min. high)
Direct server transfer from a 5U server was 31.3 seconds per title.
I used a Speedreader and a KREADER at the same time for 3 simultaneous streams of CD/DVD. Later, when the BluRay units came in, I used two M500 Bluray readers and one KREADER for 3 simultaneous stream. All were connected via gig-E to a 3U KSERVER via a Dell managed switch.
These are average load times across my collection. I did not feel like doing an exact copy of titles because I had better things to do than delete and reload a high number of discs, but here is what I got from a decent sample size.
For average speed on DVDs, I had to eliminate "problem discs" to give a fair reading, since I had one disc at OVER 37 hours (Anne of Green Gables, part 1, side 1) which would skew the numbers greatly.
I also included the average times for direct server transfer, but I did not count how many titles I did that way - suffice it to say it was a lot via server transfer.
BluRay - 41 discs loaded
Fastest Loading - 38 minutes - The Bank Job
Longest loading - (tie) 2 hours, 50 minutes - Dollhouse, Season 1, Disc 1 & Terminator 2
Average Load time - 1 hours, 59 minutes
DVD - 865 discs loaded
M500: 234 discs loaded, average 22.141 minutes each (4min low, 58 min high)
Speedreader: 461 discs loaded, average 23.718 minutes each (3min low, 45min high)
KReader: 170 discs loaded, average 36.6 minutes each (10 min low, 60 min high)
Direct server transfer from a 5U server was 6.821 minutes per title.
CD - 677 discs loaded
M500: 14 discs loaded, average 16.000 minutes each (8 min. low, 22 min. high)
Speedreader: 568 discs loaded, average 5.826 minutes each. (36sec low, 21 min. high)
KReader: 95 discs loaded, average 8.726 minutes each. (2min. low, 35 min. high)
Direct server transfer from a 5U server was 31.3 seconds per title.