Digital BW, The Print

Austin Franklin wrote:

>Keith,
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>>NTFS  IS 1000% pointless for SCRATCH/PAGE/SWAP disks.
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>Well, not entirely...the fact that FAT is so fragile, and can be easily
>damaged may cause you to have to spend time rebuilding the disk etc.  With
>NTFS, you are far far far less likely to have to waste time rebuilding your
>disk.
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WRONG your page or swap disk should ONLY have one file on it..  The 
Page/swap/or scratch file that's it..  I've never had to rebuild a 
scratch/page or swap disk..  If you run your page/scratch/swap disk  on 
any but its own partition that is a wholly different manner. But, my 
suggestions were made for when they are on separate partitions..

If you run the page/swap/scratch  disk on a disk partition with 
applications or data you are not only asking for reduced performance but 
taking chances with data  integrity..  Anyone doing that deserves 
whatever problems they have.. Computers simply aren't plug and play when 
working with resource hogs like PShop or Premiere.. (Contrary to the way 
they are marketed to the current crop of digital enthusiasts)

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>>Using a single file sytem is as brain dead...
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>Why?
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BECAUSE, each file system has inherent strengths and weaknesses..

Just as with film choice, one COULD,  simply shoot Kodak all-in-one any 
iso color negative film.. Scan it, make B&W images, make transparencies 
from a film recorder etc..  However, differing emulsions are more suited 
or efficient at some tasks..

Austin, you really have a production engineer's view of things.. 
 Photography is "realism"..  Now, "why not just use whatever the 
manufacturer trumpets as the best file system?"...  I assume you use 
other than OEM inks and media? You don't simply accept that the OEM's 
representations are correct, do you?  If so, I have some EPSON OEM 1270 
25 year archival ink cartridges to sell you..

Or do you just enjoy playing the "constant devil's advocate"?
 
Keith
 



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