Partitioning like that could be quite bad for performance, since the disk head has to hop from partition to partition more.
If you format a 40 GB disk as one large C partition, most of your OS program files and data will be in the same area of the disk. If you split it into two partitions, one for OS, and one for data, every time you need an OS file, the disk head has to hop all the way back to somewhere near the logical front of the disk (usually the outside track), resulting in longer seeks. Generally, I format every physical disk device as one whole partition. I also use a defragmenting tool regularly to keep my files near the logical front of the disk. If I need partitioning, I generally use completely separate physical disks (they're cheap now!), which is better for performance. If we're talking servers, I generally put one partition on each raid array, for similar reasons. -----Original Message----- From: Bacardi K. Bryant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:28 PM Posted To: Windows NT/2000 List Conversation: Partition or Not? Subject: Partition or Not? Are there any performances hits with large disks with one partition? I have a habit of partitioning into 10gig increments, however a friend hates partitioning at all. I told him that it's better for performance, but actually I just kinda made that up. But for the sake of knowing, is there a loss of performance on larger partitions? P.S. He's a personal friend so it's no biggie, I did break a server build or anything. =P Bacardi K. Bryant, MCP Assistant Manager of Technology Kinko's, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
