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Subject: RE: New HD

RE: New HD

From: Touillaud Nicolas <Nicolas.Touillaud_at_fr.thalesgroup.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:21:35 +0100

>Small clusters will mean more work accessing the disk.
>Not only recording is affected, resume and normal buffer
>loading is also slowed down.
>
>Since you will mostly store mp3 files on the disk, several
>megabytes each, the "waste" from using big clusters is marginal.
>
>--
>Björn

hmmm, never thought about it that way... I only cared about saving space,
but since the capacity will grow x3 or x4, it's no big deal anymore.
I'll keep that in mind when I format my future HD.

Thank you all !

Nicolas
Received on 2003-11-19

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