On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:20:54 -0800 Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 December 2007 09:08, Chris Worley wrote: > > ... > > > > Off topic, as I seldom partition anything (unpartitioned drives > > perform best), > > What impact do you believe partitioning has on disk performance? I can > think of none. Actually, there are some things you can do to improve performance. A small partition limits the amount of head movement, but only when you are accessing files from that partition. On the other side of the coin, a small partition can become fragmented. While the Linux file systems generally reduce fragmentation, when a partition starts to become full, you get more fragmentation. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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