Re: Large HD Partitioning - Why?
From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 09/13/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:19:09 -0400
But if the hard disk fails then so does the OS and the data files. Therefore using separate
disks for data and for the OS is better. Increased performance can also be noted if the two
hard disks are on different IDE channels (or SCSI) then the data can be accessed at the same
time as the program that calls the data. Data on a partition of the same hard disk has to
do this process consecutively.
I often setup platforms with two hard disks to have the TEMP directory, IE cache and other
swap file locations relocated to the second hard disk for increased performance.
Partitioning does not provide these advantages.
If the partition is FAT32 then as the size of the hard disk is increased, so does the actual
space utilization. Thus a 1 byte file will consume, 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, etc, as the size
of the disk increases. Partitioning a large hard disk will reduce this consumption
overhead. Thus, a very large hard disk with many small files wastes *much* disk space. I
don't believe NTFS suffers this problem to the same extent, thus another advantage of NTFS
over FAT32.
Dave
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| "Phil W" <Phil W@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| > There are lots of posts in here about how to partition HDs, but I would
| like
| > to know why one would want to do it? What are the advantages?
| > Disadvantages? I'm about to build a new box, and will probably go with at
| > least a 120GB drive, and I saw some 160s for about $80 recently (not sure
| of
| > quality however, since you usually get what you pay for). Anyway, I sure
| > would like to find out the high level thoughts about HD partitioning, and
| why
| > I might want to do it? (or not?)
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| Some folks like to keep all of their data files on a separate partition than
| the system (OS) files. This allows them to reformat and/or re-install the
| operating system without disturbing the data files.
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| There could be other technical reasons. This is just one practical reason.
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| HTH
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