You want to format a partition with NTFS, and know that the data you'll be storing will consist mostly of many small files. In order to use as little space as possible, should you choose a larger or smaller Allocation Unit Size during the formatting process?

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Bradyn

2 April, 22:51

You want to format a partition with NTFS, and know that the data you'll be storing will consist mostly of many small files. In order to use as little space as possible, should you choose a larger or smaller Allocation Unit Size during the formatting process?

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Keegan · Answer 1

smaller allocation unit size

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Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this situation you should choose a smaller allocation unit size. This is because "allocation unit size" refers to the block size on your hard drive when you format to NTFS. Keeping this small is usually done when the hard-drive will contain small files, otherwise a larger allocation size will waste more space on the hard-drive.