NTFS vs. RAR compression...

[QwertyManiac]

Dunno if right place to post,
if wrong plz move...

Heres a screenshot of the compressed file of 16 mb...(exe)

*img385.imageshack.us/img385/2179/ntfsvsrar5sa.jpg

heres the link if no image is seen :
*img385.imageshack.us/img385/2179/ntfsvsrar5sa.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)

 

[Vishal Gupta]

He is talking about NTFS file system!

I dont even have to archive or anything in NTFS drives...

Yes!
U can compress files in NTFS file system...

 

[QwertyManiac]

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...

 

[siriusb]

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.

 

[infra_red_dude]

yes, but the compressed file resides only on ur ntfs partition. its not portable!

 

[theraven]

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

 

[siriusb]

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.

 

[expertno.1]

ntfs is only a file system which has some compression techniques ut it will nevr take off winrar

 

[QwertyManiac]

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)