On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 3:28pm, Bacardi K. Bryant wrote: > Are there any performances hits with large disks with one partition?
Filesystem performance can be highly idiosyncratic. It depends on the filesystem in use (FAT vs NTFS) and the usage pattern (size of files, how they get written to, how often, and so on). In my opinion, partitions should be used for logical divisions only. In other words, you might have one partition for the OS and software, another for user data, and another for temporary files. One big plus to this sort of arrangement is that fragmentation is minimized and localized. Arbitrary limits on partition size lead to things like running out of available storage before you run out of actual storage, downtime to resize partitions, and so on. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
