I set up compression on my D: drive a while ago, and everything seemed fine until I tried to transfer a large zip file of over 100GB. The transfer speed fell to just 8mbps, which seems unusually slow. I'm wondering if this slow speed indicates my D: is failing or if it's just because the files are being compressed as they transfer. What do you all think?
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Hey there! Yeah, compression can slow things down. When your drive is set to compress files, it has to work extra hard during transfers. That means it uses CPU resources to compress or decompress data, which can lead to slower speeds, especially if you're copying to an uncompressed destination. Consider this your CPU could be getting bogged down, turning into a bottleneck during those transfers.
To add to that, if you're dealing with an SSD, the compression happens at the filesystem level and might slow things down even more. It's worth checking how your system handles compressed files. If the performance is consistently poor, you might want to think about uncompressing the drive.
So if I'm understanding correctly, switching to uncompressed might help with transfer speeds? I've noticed the same thing with my files. Sometimes, the hassle of compression just isn't worth the gains.
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