Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FFS with 512 byte buffers
Message-ID: <5885@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 23:53:07 GMT
References: <2197@van-bc.UUCP>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2197@van-bc.UUCP> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>The only benefit to be had with using FFS and having a MaxTransfer of 512 bytes
>is that you will gain 24 bytes per data block, and that only one transfer is
>needed, to the final destination. This is, as I mentioned in the posting, a
>marginal improvement.

	Actually, you also get the benefit of much faster directory listings,
since FFS sorts by cylinder the hash chains to reduce head movement.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup