21-08-2005, 05:06 PM
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Commander in Chief
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NTFS vs. RAR compression...
Dunno if right place to post,
if wrong plz move...
Heres a screenshot of the compressed file of 16 mb...(exe)
heres the link if no image is seen :
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/2...fsvsrar5sa.jpg
It looks like NTFS is better than RAR compression format 8)
Is RAR obsolete and is NTFS better ?
I dont even have to archive or anything in NTFS drives... 8)
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21-08-2005, 08:24 PM
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He is talking about NTFS file system!
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Originally Posted by QwertyManiac
I dont even have to archive or anything in NTFS drives...
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Yes!
U can compress files in NTFS file system...
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21-08-2005, 08:32 PM
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Nooo !
I m askin u guyz to see the 2 compression ratios and see which is the better one, RAR or NTFS...
See the images of both...
Theres a difference of 29328 bytes in NTFS than in RAR...
So I think NTFS compresses more better than RAR...
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21-08-2005, 09:21 PM
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Instead of viewing the file sizes for comparision, try ntfsRatio
Any compression depends on the type of content and the redundancy of the content itself. Perhaps, you can do a benchmark by compressing different types of files with winrar and ntfs.
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22-08-2005, 01:21 PM
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yes, but the compressed file resides only on ur ntfs partition. its not portable!
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22-08-2005, 02:49 PM
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yup ...
NTFS is only a file system .. it is NOT a compression format. .
it cannot be used as a standalone compressing technique netiher is it portable
definitely not a replacement for compression technologies like zip, rar and better yet 7-zip and UHARC
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22-08-2005, 03:42 PM
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Yes, ntfs is a file system, but compression is one of the services that ntfs offers. Ntfs uses the LZ77 algorithm on groups of clusters of the specified file/folder/volume. Here's a pdf with a satisfactory explaination.
But this compression algo is a fair balance between cpu usage and compression ratio, so don't expect great compression.
Also, though the compression/decompression is near real-time, don't go compressing frequently used programs or databases with this compression. Rather use it on backup setup programs and the like.
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22-08-2005, 04:48 PM
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ntfs is only a file system which has some compression techniques ut it will nevr take off winrar
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23-08-2005, 06:38 PM
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Yeah, i know that the NTFs is not a format, but just see the compression ratio, its better than RAR on the same file...
How is that possible ?
RAR is the best isnt it ? (comparin NTFS)
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