Re: Cluster size ? - experience


"Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"- Bobb -" wrote
I've got a few new disks and while debating on how to partition them,
also thinking of arranging my old " Archive partition" by size. This
partitioned area is only for a library - not used normally for disk IO
during normal system operation, so it's utilization of space I'm watching
not disk IO speed. It's about 175gb now and when I check properties, I
can see avg filesize is only 1mb. I do have a lot of larger folders there
too, but some of the older folders are copies of old CDs or previous pc
folders that have a lot of 1 kb files in there - bringing that " average"
down to 1mb. I just made a few partititons and on a 235 gb partition -
with 4kb clusters (default), it's already used 72mb in formatting and I
haven't "wasted" space with any of my stuff yet. So to not waste so much
space on the new drives for old/small stuff, I'm thinking of making a
portion formatted as 2kb sectors and then for the large files / obvious
backups etc ( 10mb/ 20 mb+ ? files) using ... say 64kb clusters. I've
been reading similiar questions via google, and don't want to start a
fight about what's "best",
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic18335.html
just asking for others that set it up with small/large clusters - was it
worth it ? Less waste ?



To add to the other post, at the current cost of hard drive space, that
72MB is costing about 2 cents.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


And correct me someone if I am wrong but with a 2K cluster size, the size of
the System area (the 72 MB now showing) will increase dramatically when it
doubles the amount of clusters (4K to 2K) to store that cluster
information.


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