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$7.5 to optimize XP NTFS Drive access : rip-off or not ?
Carol Haynes:
Actually you would probably expect decreased performance for music and video files!
f0dder:
Actually you would probably expect decreased performance for music and video files!
-Carol Haynes (September 03, 2007, 09:47 AM)
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Depends - NTFS should be smart enough not to write blocks as compressed when it can't reduce size... so it'd take a bit longer copying to NTFS-compressed .mp3, but (hopefully :)) reading should be normal speed. Worth keeping in mind, though.
Would somebody please shoot the marketing division from DiskTrix, please?
Josh:
Anyone willing to go in with me on purchasing this pdf file so I can end this mystery?
Carol Haynes:
Actually you would probably expect decreased performance for music and video files!
-Carol Haynes (September 03, 2007, 09:47 AM)
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Depends - NTFS should be smart enough not to write blocks as compressed when it can't reduce size... so it'd take a bit longer copying to NTFS-compressed .mp3, but (hopefully :)) reading should be normal speed. Worth keeping in mind, though.
Would somebody please shoot the marketing division from DiskTrix, please?
-f0dder (September 03, 2007, 09:58 AM)
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Wouldn't NTFS have to check before each file read whether the file is compressed or not - OK not a big deal for a single MP3 file - but suppose you want to copy (or process) 5000 MP3 files - that will be a big extra hit.
KenR:
Anyone willing to go in with me on purchasing this pdf file so I can end this mystery?
-Josh (September 03, 2007, 10:21 AM)
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Finances are tight Josh, but it sounds like a worthy cause. Count me in.
Ken
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