Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-25 Thread lee
Paul Smith writes: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Reindl Harald > wrote: >>> Does the size of the hard disk affect Fedora's performance? >>> >>> I am looking for a 2 T disk to replace my current disk, but some >>> people are warning me about performance; they say I should buy a disk >>> of

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-24 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/21/2013 04:16 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > Does the size of the hard disk affect Fedora's performance? > > I am looking for a 2 T disk to replace my current disk, but some > people are warning me about performance; they say I should buy a disk > of at most 1 T. Are they correct? >

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.06.2013 14:50, schrieb Tim: >> which has nothing to do with *a disk* larger than 1 TB >> it's more depending on the partitions you create > > It has an awful lot to do with such large discs. What's the default > partitioning for Windows? One partition that covers the entire drive who ca

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-23 Thread poma
On 23.06.2013 15:24, Dave Ihnat wrote: … > Enough pre-coffee pontificating. … Try again after the cafe break. :) poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fe

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-23 Thread Dave Ihnat
Ok, folks, I just want to inject some bit of reality here. I've started working on Unix internals in 1980, and have worked ever since on just about any OS that has come my way--almost all variants of Unix, Linux, Windows, and a bunch of others that are irrelevant to this conversation. Why do I say

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-23 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Have you seen Windows complain at boot up that you hadn't shut down >> properly, and it needs to check the drive? (Of course you did shut >> down properly, *it* screwed up doing so.) Then you have the fun of >> waiting for it to scan through one hell of a huge drive. More so if >> your c

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-22 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 22.06.2013 14:18, schrieb Tim: > Allegedly, on or about 21 June 2013, Paul Smith sent: >> They are all MS Windows users, and they say that using >> a disk larger than 1 T as a boot disk, the performance will be >> affected. Maybe, that is true with MS Windows and not with Fedora. > > Have you

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-22 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 21 June 2013, Paul Smith sent: > They are all MS Windows users, and they say that using > a disk larger than 1 T as a boot disk, the performance will be > affected. Maybe, that is true with MS Windows and not with Fedora. Well, there's this side of that situation: Have you

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2013 23:16, schrieb Paul Smith: > Does the size of the hard disk affect Fedora's performance? > > I am looking for a 2 T disk to replace my current disk, but some > people are warning me about performance; they say I should buy a disk > of at most 1 T. Are they correct? these people are

Re: Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-21 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Does the size of the hard disk affect Fedora's performance? >> >> I am looking for a 2 T disk to replace my current disk, but some >> people are warning me about performance; they say I should buy a disk >> of at most 1 T. Are they correct?

Performance and the hard disk size

2013-06-21 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, Does the size of the hard disk affect Fedora's performance? I am looking for a 2 T disk to replace my current disk, but some people are warning me about performance; they say I should buy a disk of at most 1 T. Are they correct? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lis