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FYI
(Note: The origin of this information may be internal or external to Novell.
Novell makes every effort within its means to verify this information.
However, the information provided in this document is FOR YOUR INFORMATION
only. Novell makes no explicit or implied claims to the validity of this
information.)
TITLE: Optimizing a Server Hard drive
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6014
DATE: 01OCT92
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: All versions
SUPERSEDES: NA
LITE FAX DOC #: 2603
SYMPTOM
NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
Optimizing a Server Hard drive
During the day to day work on your computer, files are deleted,
rewritten, or replaced on the hard disk. This will eventually cause your
files to be "fragmented." Fragmented refers to a file being divided into
pieces and those pieces being located throughout your hard disk instead
of in one contiguous block of disk space. Thus, if you try to access one
of these files, the hard disk has to look for a single file in several
places. This in turn causes your hard disk to respond slowly. The more
fragmented your disk is; the slower it will respond. If the hard disk is
in a NetWare Lite server, the entire network can be affected. To
eliminate this effect, consider "optimizing" you hard disk. A disk is
optimized by rearranging the data so that files are not spread out over
the disk. Many different utilities are available for optimizing hard
disks.
Please consider the following before optimizing your hard disk:
■ It is vital that no other stations access your hard disk while the
utility is running.
■ Disk Optimizers can take a considerable amount of time to complete
data arrangement (20 minutes or more).
■ It is recommended that you have a backup of your vital information
before optimizing.
■ If your hard disk is in a NetWare Lite server, the optimizing
utility must be executed from the server itself and not from a
client.
SOLUTION
NA