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Does a USB hub affect performance?

I have two devices I want maximum throughput and latency with (MIDI drums and MIDI keyboard for example.) Would connecting both to the same USB port via a hub effectively limit the maximum data ...
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How to increase RAM using a USB as RAM memory?

I'm using Ubuntu, a Linux distro. I read some years ago about the possibility to increase the RAM by using a pen-drive USB as additional memory RAM. I already googled that but I found only articles ...
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Write caching causes slower performance?

USB 2.0 External WD 2TB Elements HD. Connected to Windows XP SP3 machine, write caching disabled by default. Worked fine. Since it is intended to be a permanent fixture (never removed), and on a UPS ...
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USB Drive is Very Slow

I recently bought a Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive whish is supposed to be one of the faster flash drives but it seems extremelly slow. For isntance Firefox takes several minutes to load. ...
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USB keyboards repeat rate seem slower than PS/2

Long ago, I've had a PS/2 keyboard but lately have switched to USB keyboards, namely Microsoft Comfort Curve and then Microsoft Natural 4000. What I've noticed is that these USB keyboards have quite ...
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Slower Internet speeds with USB ethernet adapter than card from motherboard

I'm having very weird performance issue with downloading files. Networking: Huawei HG8240H router ( ISP ) - 1 Gbps FO link TP-Link Archer C6 AC1200 connected to that Huawei router with 1 Gbps port ...
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Transfering files over USB2.0 (500GB)

I am transferring 500GB of files from an internal (SATA) HDD to a external USB disk (2.5 inch, one of those that use the power line on USB to power themselves). As of now the rate at which it's ...
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Provide multiple thumb-drives via RAID 0 / USB-hub better performance than a single thumb-drive? [duplicate]

Suppose I'd attach N flash-sticks to an USB-hub and configure them using soft-RAID level 0 [striping]. Is this configuration likely to provide better throughput than a single flash-stick?
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Why does certain files and collection of files take so long to copy?

I was copying the windows "users" folder for a friend of mine and I noticed that the 6.5GB file took unusually long to copy. The transfer rate never exceeded 5Mb/s. Also, I noticed there was an ...
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