Re: Hard drive compression etc.

[schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)]

In article <uerics.721074830@mcl> uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd) writes:
>I don't think you should have to do any partitioning -- that would be a
>stupid requirement, I think.
>
>I would like to know how long these two programs, AutoArc and HardPressed,
>take to do their thing.  How sloooowwww does it get to access your
>compressed files?
>
>- Eric S.
>
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I called Econ a month or two ago and asked about AutoArc.  I was told
that there are different compression algorithms that can be used. Sone
of which will compress more efficiently than others but will also take
a little longer than others to decompress.  The strategy will be to 
choose the most efficient compression algorithm for files which are used
infrequently and the less efficient but "speedier" algorithms for the
more frequently used files.  I am assuming that you can set the 
compression method for certain filetypes.  But, they didn't go into
much greater detail than what I have told you.

Oh yeah, they did say that they were trying to "finish" it up for
Apple Expo - East.  Since I haven't heard anything I guess they didn't
make their deadline!!  (Surprise, surprise!!!)

Paul Schultz
schultp@wl.com

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