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My HDD is 4.5G so I'm not even going to begin to worry until
the .dat file gets into the 2G range. Since I'm =certain=
I'll be running TS5 by then, I haven't given it any
consideration whatsoever.
BTW, the =only= s/w residing on my main machine, other than
drivers, was written by either Microsoft or Omega;
specifically, Win NT, Excel, and TradeStation. The result is
a =lot= of free disk space and few problems to report.
Good trading!
Best regards,
Jim
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Jim O. wrote:
>So, the question becomes, can you perform the copy-out/paste-in
>.dat file-reduction process? If not, then your .dat file will
>grow unchecked until the fabled fix appears.
>
>Since the .dat file is built out of 512-byte blocks, each capable
>of holding up to 120 ticks, those sparse, far-out contracts will
>likely bloat the .dat file far out of proportion to their activity.
>Any day with just a single tick will add 512 bytes to the file.
>
>Since MS Windows fails rather ungracefully as your free disc space
>shrinks, if you can't crunch down that .dat file, you better invest
>in a big disk...
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