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In article <20@kulath.demon.co.uk>,
timl@kulath.demon.co.uk (Tim Lyons) wrote:

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>I have just got a 2.1 GB disc to upgrade (replace) my 230 MB disc.
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>The question is: is partitioning it to decrease the allocation block size worth
>the hassle of not having a single resource into which to juggle my files?
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>What is your experience and advice.
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>I access news a lot, which uses a very variable amount of space,

I see that you're using MacSlurp to post. When I used the troika, that
meant each post was a seperate file.  In *that* situation you tend to get
one file = 1 block, so the number of files is determined by the number of
blocks.  So really it makes sense to have a seperate partition for news.

And that's basically it.  If you want lots of small files then you need to
partition, otherwise you won't get much benefit from the extra space. 
You'll see some savings from larger files, too.

Personally I'd suggest about 100MB for news, a couple of 200MB partitions
for other relatively small files and at least one bigger partition in case
you want something really large.

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