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Mark,
I agree.
>yes it is more reliable.
NTFS for ACTUAL trading...
>But faster ?
>Not for accessing and writing large files.
>For <many> small files, yes....
...FAT32 for paper traders and testing large historical
files...I guess. After you are booted up, why would TS
have to access large files for real time trading?
I'm no expert, but I've had WIN2K FAT32 and NTFS on
the same machine. I did not benchmark anything, and
it *seems* to boot 1-2 seconds slower with NTFS, but
there is a clear difference reliability wise: NTFS
wins hands down.
BW
>From: "M. Simms" <prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: <prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Simon Campbell" <simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx>, <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: File system - NTFS or FAT?
>Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:16:29 -0500
>
>WELCOME TO THE "GREAT DEBATE"......
>I say FAT32.
>Why ? NTFS never proven (key word) to have higher performance than FAT32
>for
>applications using large datasets.
>Yes it provides additional features, compression, security, etc, etc. and
>yes it is more reliable.
>But faster ?
>Not for accessing and writing large files.
>For <many> small files, yes....there is evidence that NTFS is faster (see
>below...it's the only reference I could find with any semblance of a
>performance comparison)
>http://www.etestinglabs.com/main/reports/sghost.pdf
>It shows that Ghost image creation and restoration slightly faster for NTFS
>volumes vs. FAT32.
>Remember: many small files involved in this operation.....
>
>Below makes a nice case for NTFS.....but again, NO PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS.
>http://people.msoe.edu/~barnicks/courses/cs384/papers19992000/capriotj-CS384
>%20-%20Term%20Paper.pdf
>http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1227
>
>If NTFS is so great performance-wise, why doesn't the MS Knowledgebase have
><any> references to NTFS vs FAT32 Performance ?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Campbell [mailto:simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 2:12 PM
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: File system - NTFS or FAT?
> >
> >
> > I'm building a new PC dedicated to running TS4. It'll just be running:
> >
> > Datafeed + Dynastore + TradeStation 4
> >
> > under Win2000 Pro. Nothing else will be on the machine.
> >
> > Should I use the NTFS file system or FAT?
> >
> > Rgds
> > Simon
> > PS. I'm looking to match Win2000 with an AMD Athlon XP CPU on this box.
> > Anyone using this combo with TS4??? (problems or positive feedback
> > appreciated!).
> >
> >
>
>
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