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Article #7200Re: Disk Optimizer Software
From: John Le
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1986 13:42
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1986 13:42
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> I have several questions about disk optimizer software........
>
> 1) Many commercial software companies claim great speed enhancements
> with thier optimizers. Just how much faster would one honestly
> expect the system to work? (Typical and Best-case statisitcs
> would be very useful.)
>
This depends how big your files are. For a typical file say 10k
in size, I could not see any speed improment.
> 2) How long do these programs take to do thier job (assume 640K of
> RAM is available, and a 20Mb hard disk) ? Is it faster to
> simply back up the disk and then copy every thing back?
>
Disk Optimizer takes about 5-10 min to reorganize an 10M HD (I
also have 640K RAM) for an 20M HD, just double to time, I assume.
> 3) Lastly, are there any GOOD public domain programs that can do
> this operation?
>
I heard there's one call HARDDOG (sp?). I don't have my hands
on it yet so I couldn't tell you how good it is.
> Please mail me any information and comments and I will summarize to the
> net. Thanks in advance.
>
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>
> Motorola Semiconductors Tom Spohrer
> Austin, Texas {seismo,gatech,ihnp4}!ut-sally!oakhill!toms
You're welcome.
John N. Le (AT&T IS/CPL Indpls, IN)
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