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тАО07-17-2004 11:38 AM
тАО07-17-2004 11:38 AM
FAT32 quicker than NTFS
I have two WIN2000 Server (same hardware) with Symantec Ghost (Corporate Edition) 7.5 one installed on FAT32 and NTFS.
I use NET USE (NetBEUI) with bootdisk to save or write the IMAGE through the network.
In my case the server on FAT32 is much quicker
than the server installed on NTFS.
can someone explain why ?
kind regards
chris
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тАО07-17-2004 11:50 AM
тАО07-17-2004 11:50 AM
Re: FAT32 quicker than NTFS
i'm not a window guru, but FAT structures are much simpler than NTFS, so updates and chanhes are faster.
On the other side, NTFS is a journaled FS, more robust to crash, more reliable, supports bigger sizes and many other features.
Maybe this post is more appropriate for the windows section.
HTH,
Massimo
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тАО07-18-2004 05:30 PM
тАО07-18-2004 05:30 PM
Re: FAT32 quicker than NTFS
Check out these links (some good explanations out there):
a) http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/index3.html
b) http://forums.devhardware.com/archive/t-2400
c) http://www.spcug.org/reviews/bl0203.htm
HTH.
Regards,
Sri Ram
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тАО07-18-2004 05:33 PM
тАО07-18-2004 05:33 PM
Re: FAT32 quicker than NTFS
Take a look at these links too:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cook/Cluster.htm
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=34&
http://www2.geek.com/discus/messages/24/7139.html?1080054041
HTH.
Regards,
Sri Ram
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тАО07-19-2004 04:27 AM
тАО07-19-2004 04:27 AM
Re: FAT32 quicker than NTFS
because you write from a far client throught the network the first question is:
Do you write quicker on local machine?
To compare both FS you need same HD, same size of partition because might be a HD quicker than other (i.e 10,000 rpm vs 7,200 rpm, SCSI vs IDE), same NIC (Network Interface Card, 100mps vs 10mps, full-duplex vs half-duplex, buffered NIC vs. unbuffered NIC).
So I'm not sure FAT32 is quicker than NTFS.
Check and compare full hardware installed.
Regards
Antonio Vigliotti
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тАО07-19-2004 05:00 AM
тАО07-19-2004 05:00 AM
Re: FAT32 quicker than NTFS
FAT32 is a very simple filesystem, designed for small* files in small* numbers. it starts to bog if you have a large number of files or reading a large file. FAT32 is an extension to FAT16 (or simply FAT), which is itself an extension to the original FAT (called FAT12 now)
NTFS, on the other hand, was designed to deal primarily with server space, where file numbers and file sizes are often astronomical by compairison. it also supports journaling, Sparse files, per file security and other advanced features.
the answer is, of course, that there is less to be done on a FAT32 system.
* by today's standards, of course, because no one will EVER need more then 640k ram.