Revision history for PcDriveFormat
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**Windows XP: NTFS vs. FAT32**
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//Testing System:
Western Digital "Special Edition" WD80-JB (Audio Test Drive)//
Western Digital "Special Edition" WD80-JB (Audio Test Drive)//
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Testing System:
Western Digital "Special Edition" WD80-JB (Audio Test Drive)
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//(conclusions at bottom)//
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="Chart 1 - Disk Throughput" alt="Chart 1 - Disk Throughput"}}
**Chart 1** shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART2TRACKCOUNT.gif" title="Chart 2 - Estimated Sustainable Track Count" alt="Chart 2 - Estimated Sustainable Track Count 44.1/16"}}
**Chart 2**-TRACK-COUNT.GIF is reinterpretation of the throughput numbers as an
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART3CPUUSAGE.gif" title="Chart 3 - CPU Usage" alt="Chart 3 - CPU Usage"}}
**Chart 3** shows the percentage of CPU consumed at maximum
''__From the results, it appears that the choice of NTFS/FAT32 comes down to a
NTFS.__''
''__The cluster format size appears to have a negligible effect on performance,
so your best bet is to take the system default.__''
''__Both 64K and 128K block sizes offer equivalent performance, so either is
__''
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="Chart 1 - Disk Throughput" alt="Chart 1 - Disk Throughput"}}
**Chart 1** shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART2TRACKCOUNT.gif" title="Chart 2 - Estimated Sustainable Track Count" alt="Chart 2 - Estimated Sustainable Track Count 44.1/16"}}
**Chart 2**-TRACK-COUNT.GIF is reinterpretation of the throughput numbers as an
{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART3CPUUSAGE.gif" title="Chart 3 - CPU Usage" alt="Chart 3 - CPU Usage"}}
**Chart 3** shows the percentage of CPU consumed at maximum
''__From the results, it appears that the choice of NTFS/FAT32 comes down to a
NTFS.__''
''__The cluster format size appears to have a negligible effect on performance,
so your best bet is to take the system default.__''
''__Both 64K and 128K block sizes offer equivalent performance, so either is
__''
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//Chart 1 shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.//
CHART2-TRACK-COUNT.GIF is reinterpretation of the throughput numbers as an
CHART3-CPU-USAGE.GIF shows the percentage of CPU consumed at maximum
From the results, it appears that the choice of NTFS/FAT32 comes down to a
NTFS.
The cluster format size appears to have a negligible effect on performance,
so your best bet is to take the system default.
Both 64K and 128K block sizes offer equivalent performance, so either is
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=====Benchmarking Drive Formats for PARIS=====
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{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="text" alt="text"}}
//Chart 1 shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.//
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{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="text" alt="text"}}
//Chart 1 shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.//
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{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="text" alt="text"}}Chart 1 shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the
file systems at the different I/O block settings.
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{{image url="http://kerrygalloway.com/PARIS%20resources/CHART1DISKTHRU.gif" title="text" alt="text"}}Chart 1 shows the disk throughput (MB/sec) performance of the