Drive compression with Exchange folder.

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Leon

Hi all,

Is there any ill-effects if the 'Compress drive to save disk space' facility
is used on a drive that has exchange 2000 and a huge resource of files in
store.
Will there be a performance gain in doing this? Drive space will be save,
but is this at a cost, i.e. drive access speed etc.

Thx for any responses.
 
The only thing you are gaining by compressing is space on
the drive. What you are loosing is speed and stability of
opening your data. Because the data is compressed it must
first be uncompressed which results in a delay of access
time. By constantly compressing and decompressing files
you run a risk of them becoming corrupted and unusable.
Also, you never want to compress a drive that has Exchange
or files that are constantly being accessed. Compress
files that are used very little that are combined on a
drive. In your case opt for a larger drive, your
performance and stability will be much better.
Good Luck
 
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