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Compress drive to save space option
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FrothyByte
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never specifically used it but if it is compressing files, the one thing you must remember is that it takes processing power to un compress them also.
So you would be looking at a slowdown of some sort for each compressed file access of :
to open an un compressed file : X units of time
to close a file that had changed: Y units of time
to open a compressed file: uncompression time + X units of time
to close a compressed file that had changed: compression time + Y units of time
So you would be looking at a slowdown of some sort for each compressed file access of :
to open an un compressed file : X units of time
to close a file that had changed: Y units of time
to open a compressed file: uncompression time + X units of time
to close a compressed file that had changed: compression time + Y units of time
Depends on which drive you're talking about. Compressing your OS drive is bad 
If you compress other drives, you'll notice a lot more latency when trying to access files. With HDD's so cheap and big these days, it generally isn't needed IMO.
If you compress other drives, you'll notice a lot more latency when trying to access files. With HDD's so cheap and big these days, it generally isn't needed IMO.