Optimizing Performance

This section contains the following topics for optimizing file system performance:


File Compression

One way to conserve disk space is to compress files. Use the following information as background for using file compression to optimize system performance:


Salvageable Files

Salvageable files are files saved by NetWare, after being deleted by users, that can be salvaged (recovered).

Salvageable files are usually stored in the directory they were deleted from. If a user deletes that directory, the salvageable files are saved in a DELETED.SAV directory located in the volume's root directory.

The user can view a list of deleted files in a directory and recover files by using ConsoleOneTM. For more information on salvaging files, see Salvaging and Purging Deleted Files on NetWare Volumes in the ConsoleOne 1.3 User Guide. Recovered files contain information about who deleted the files and when they were deleted.

Deleted files are saved until the user deliberately purges them or until the NetWare server runs out of disk allocation blocks on the volume.


File Purging

When the NetWare server runs out of blocks, it purges deleted files beginning with the files that were the first deleted. Purged files cannot be salvaged.

Files and directories can also be purged as they are deleted. You can do this one of two ways:



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