[MacDV] Re: how and why to benchmark Last one!

[James Asherman]

On Thursday, January 8, 2004, at 12:15  AM, Dmytro Koval'ov wrote:

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>>>>>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, "James" == James Asherman wrote:
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>   +> Controller DOES NOT report to speed disk whether space contiguous
>   +> or not. Speed disk decides this and draws the picture of what it
>   +> THINKS is representing the drive.
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>   James> It must get that information somewhere. It must be relevant.
>   James> Are you really saying the whole excersize is meaningless?
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> Yes. That's what I'm saying. Although I could probably agree with you
> that working with continuous file of big size could be easier and 
> faster
> for OS, I do not believe Norton can line up *physical* sectors on disk.
> Only partitioning and re-formatting can reliably give you continuous
> free space. After you delete your first file, you don't have it 
> anymore.
>
> --Dmytro
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>
   OK . True and true. One less thing for me to worry about.
Jim