Digital BW, The Print

Anthony Atkielski wrote:

>Keith writes:
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>>Keep as few disks NTFS as possible -- the
>>security features eat performance so don't
>>use it on a standalone or small office machine
>>at all....
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>I disagree.  Lose power at the wrong time on a FAT system, and you lose
>everything.  NTFS is much more resistant to corruption, and is generally
>much more solid overall.  The processor time required to handle the file
>system is insignificant compared to other consumers of processor resources.
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Here's my CAVEATs..

1)  Use NTFS on RAID arrays.. Losing power onthose can creat quite a 
mess..  Of course, a UPS probably is a good idea if you are using raid 
and the UPS incurs NO processor hit..  ;-)

2)  For the eternally paranoid, NTFS might be justifiable on "non-RAID" 
Data or Appliucarion drives..

NTFS  IS 1000% pointless for SCRATCH/PAGE/SWAP disks..  I say 1000% 
becuse it will actually COST you performance on those disks (and they 
are essentially operating as virtual memory -- would you downclock your 
RAM?")..  THE ONLY place I would specify NTFS for those drives is say at 
a DOD or other higher security location where one  may want to "lock" 
those disks/partitions..

Using a single file sytem is as brain dead as always using gifs or 
always using JPEGS for eeb pages..  You need to choose the file system 
based upon the use for the partition AND the environment.. NEWER is 
clearly NOT ALWAYS BETTER with WiuTel..

Keith
 




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