Size: 346 MB (363,177,253 bytes)
Size on disk: 848 MB (889,651,200 bytes)
Size on disk: 848 MB (889,651,200 bytes)
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Does the folder contain lots of little files?"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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Contains: 20,470 files, 1,406 foldersOriginally posted by NetRodent
Does the folder contain lots of little files?When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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There's your answer. You've got a lot of slack space. Disk space isn't allocated down the bit, its allocated in clusters (often between 1k to 32k in size). That means that even if you have a file that is smaller than your cluster size, the remainder of the cluster is unusable. For large files this isn't a problem as they'll fill several clusters competely and the last cluster partially. For small files, this can lead to very inefficient use of the disk.
If this is a problem, you might want to consider tar'ing/zipping the files or changing your file system around to use smaller clusters."Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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I assumed that was the reason but did not know for sure.Originally posted by NetRodent
There's your answer. You've got a lot of slack space. Disk space isn't allocated down the bit, its allocated in clusters (often between 1k to 32k in size). That means that even if you have a file that is smaller than your cluster size, the remainder of the cluster is unusable. For large files this isn't a problem as they'll fill several clusters competely and the last cluster partially. For small files, this can lead to very inefficient use of the disk.
If this is a problem, you might want to consider tar'ing/zipping the files or changing your file system around to use smaller clusters.
Another question when you upload to a server which would apply to allocated disk storage.
Size: 346 or
Size on disk: 848When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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Any answers to my last question?When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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it depends on the default allocation size. NTFS for example is 8KB, so even if you create a 1 Byte file, it will fill up 8KB. I dunno what *nix OSs have though.Comment
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LOL, for a retired adult webmaster you sure know a lot about computersOriginally posted by theking
Any answers to my last question?
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