CRD Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Is it bad to run your network drive compressed? The network drive that holds all our 3d project files, maps, models, images, etc. is set up to compress all the folders to save space. I've got access to a 60GB drive that has almost 75GB worth of stuff on it, with about 3GB free. Is this normal practice? Or am I taking a serious performance hit? Has anyone seen any tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 To the best of my knowledge compressing a drive will have serious performance issues. Especially on a network. I've always been told never to compress drives. I think it also complicates data recovery in the event of a drive failure or a bad sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRD Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 Is there proof anywhere that I can show our IS dept? They seem to think that it works fine, with only a minimal pause. But I don't know what their version of "minimal" is. If I can gain something like 15-20% in render time, or even productivity, by not compressing the drives, that would be great. I've searched several places on the internet trying to find someone who does 3D who has asked this same question, but I came up empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Warner Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Can you get the IT guys to spring the $50 for another drive that is comparable, and then don't compress the files on the new drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRD Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 I think part of the problem is the tape backups they use for the entire network. Apparently they are pretty expensive and slow, so they try to keep the available network space limited. I work at a large architecture firm, so we have 16 different drive letters (G:/ thru X:\), of which I have control of the M:\ drive. Currently, I just added up 1037Gb worth of total storage for all those drives. So while my 60Gb may seem smaller than most people's personal drives, I understand that I'm working with just a slice of the pie. They are currently adding capacity to the overall network and my space was going to get bumped from 60Gb to 100Gb. But if I have them run that drive uncompressed, it's actually like going from 80Gb to 100Gb, which isn't that much of a bump. So that's why I'm investigating this compression issue. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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