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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:20:42 PST8
From:	< "jr_fox@pacbell.net" > jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RE: Tweaking FAT32.IFS to Boost Performance

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From: Bob=20

> What is large? I don't know how many files are needed before the perfor=
m
> problems starts when using FAT=2E I do know that one directory I was
trying > to copy had about 50,000 files (which is no problem on NTFS,
HPFS, and JFS) > and it did not complete copying to a FAT32 drive and I
let the copy run > about 10 hours before giving up=2E

Hmmm, I had thought FAT-32 somewhat more capable than that, considering it=

is supposed to work with partitions in the 30G to 60G range=2E I have see=
n
some serious stability problems with large NTFS partitions (I think Tony
mentioned this also, at the last meeting)=2E That being said, I have NEVE=
R
seen anything close to 50K files stored in one directory, regardless of th=
e
partition type=2E Wouldn't that get to be unmanageable in any case, as a
practical matter ?

Jordan

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