Joe Average
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Ok, so I'm a bit tough on THG at times, but as someone that was hitting that website a week after it first came online so very long ago it went from what I considered a solid reliable source of info to the sell-out site it is today. But, from time to time they actually have some content that I'll read and find useful, and this is one of 'em:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157.html
A guide on true shortstroking hard drives, and I don't mean just by partitioning them when you install the OS - I mean true shortstroking where you alter the actual configuration parameters of a given drive using the manufacturer's tool to literally change the physical capacity of the drive.
Not a lot of people have considered that possibility, but it's there and it absolutely ensures that the drive's heads will never exceed the given range set into the configuration. Yes, it does give effectively the same type of performance but even so, if you're going to do it right, hell, do it right I say.
And of course, when you truly shortstroke a drive in the manner they're suggesting by the configuration alteration, you will be losing that extra space for as long as you keep the altered configuration in place, regardless of what OS or partitioning strategy you choose: when it's shortstroked properly, that space doesn't even exist as far as the drive mechanics are concerned, it's not like free space that hasn't been partitioned yet.
But you [H]ard folk know this, right?
So, kudos to THG for this one. Their comparison charts are actually very useful at times also, so I'll give 'em a nod for that also. This article is just a few days old and I know "shortstroking" has been a relatively hot topic around here of late, so... now there's some more info to sink your [H]ard teeth into, folks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157.html
A guide on true shortstroking hard drives, and I don't mean just by partitioning them when you install the OS - I mean true shortstroking where you alter the actual configuration parameters of a given drive using the manufacturer's tool to literally change the physical capacity of the drive.
Not a lot of people have considered that possibility, but it's there and it absolutely ensures that the drive's heads will never exceed the given range set into the configuration. Yes, it does give effectively the same type of performance but even so, if you're going to do it right, hell, do it right I say.
And of course, when you truly shortstroke a drive in the manner they're suggesting by the configuration alteration, you will be losing that extra space for as long as you keep the altered configuration in place, regardless of what OS or partitioning strategy you choose: when it's shortstroked properly, that space doesn't even exist as far as the drive mechanics are concerned, it's not like free space that hasn't been partitioned yet.
But you [H]ard folk know this, right?
So, kudos to THG for this one. Their comparison charts are actually very useful at times also, so I'll give 'em a nod for that also. This article is just a few days old and I know "shortstroking" has been a relatively hot topic around here of late, so... now there's some more info to sink your [H]ard teeth into, folks.