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Re: [TP560] Re: osr2 on 560
> Any performance degradation or other adverse effects of using the latest version
> of doublespace?
Not noticeable with a fast processor. Remember that disk-access rates are the main
bottleneck nowadays, especially on laptops; the fact that a compressed file takes less
time to squirt through this bottleneck than the uncompressed version often more than
makes up for the CPU load in decompression. I think there is some degradation on files
which require lots of seeks (as opposed to sequential reads).
BTW, it helps to defrag often, even when only 1 or 2% fragmentation is reported (1% of
a gigabyte could be your whole app+data!).
- David