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Re: Regular maintenance Defrag



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>Did you notice any improvement after you defragged?
>If so, what % increase?  Anyone actually notice a real
>difference?

After running Bob Scott's TS Defrag, TS loaded in 1/2
the time (tick data files collected back to 1990).
File size reduced 30%+. Regular defrags are not such
a big deal.

BW




>From: Jack Griffin <jack_2231@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: fritz@xxxxxxxx, snptrader <snptrader@xxxxxxxxx>
>CC: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Regular maintenance Defrag
>Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 04:17:06 -0800 (PST)
>
>...
> > them more efficiently.  In the case of my fragmented
> > TS database, the
> > database file was splattered in 75000 pieces all
> > around the disk.
> > Obviously it's a lot less efficient to find things
> > in that kind of a
> > mess than if the file is in one piece.  No wonder TS
> > was slow
> > accessing its database!
>
>Did you notice any improvement after you defragged?
>If so, what % increase?  Anyone actually notice a real
>difference?  Or is this defragging just one of those
>things us geeks harp on for the sake of being geeky?
>
>Jack
>
>
>