NTFS and FAT Performance
Worth mentioning, however, that NTFS directory itself was a much less tightly
structured than FAT directory is linked to the much larger (several times) the
size of one record catalog. This fact has resulted in the catalogs to NTFS
Volume in the overwhelming number of cases, severely fragmented. The size of a
typical directory on FAT- e fit in a cluster, while hundreds of files (or even
less) in the directory to NTFS already led to the size of the file directory,
exceeding the typical size of one cluster. This, in turn, almost guarantees the
catalog file fragmentation, which, unfortunately, is quite often nullifying all
the advantages of a much more effective organization of the data. Conclusion: a
directory structure on the theory NTFS much better, but the size of the catalog
in a few hundred files is practically no importance. Fragmentation NTFS
directories, however, is already confident in such amounts catalog. For small
and medium-NTFS directories, as it is not sad is, in practice, less speed.
Advantages NTFS directories are real and indisputable only in the event that one
in the catalog has thousands of files-in this case, the performance compensates
for the very fragmentation catalog and difficulties with physical treatment to
the data (for the first time for more cached directory). The hard work Directory,
containing around a thousand or more files to the NTFS literally runs several
times faster, and sometimes winning in speed compared to FAT and FAT32 reaches
tens of times. Unfortunately, as is often the case in all kinds of computer
issues, the practice is not well in line with the theory. NTFS, with the
seemingly obvious advantages in the structure shows not so much fantastic
results, as might have been expected. What other considerations affect the
performance of the file system? Each of the questions dealt further contributes
to the final performance. Keep in mind, however, that actual performance is the
result of actions once all factors, so in this part of the article should not be
hasty to make conclusions.
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