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NTFS or FAT32?

Created by: hgq at: 3/18/2009 6:52 AM (4 Replies)

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3/18/2009 6:52 AM	Rate (0)
hgq Posts: 83 Rating: (1)	Hello, I will have two single OS stations both will communicates with third party system via OPC. Both act as OPC server as well as client. My PCS7 version is V7.0 SP2. Which file system should I use? NTFS or FAT32? Thanks in advance.
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3/18/2009 7:11 AM	Rate (0)
umencho Diamond Member Joined: 3/21/2006 Last visit: 1/14/2025 Posts: 10239 Rating: (1182)	Hello "NTFS". I think in google you'll find a lot technical descriptions and opinions, why you must choose NTFS file system. regards

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3/18/2009 10:30 AM	Rate (0)
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CBo Gold Member Joined: 4/5/2006 Last visit: 1/20/2025 Posts: 917 Rating: (63)	Hi hgq, herelink from microsoft web NTFS vs. FAT: Which Is Right for You? Regards

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3/20/2009 4:06 PM	Rate (0)
VictorWang Posts: 20 Rating: (1)	Hello assuming you will connect your station to other data record software, FE PI etc. I think NTFS is better than FAT32. but pls pay more attention to your hardware configuration on you OS station, it have to be high performance because you will run wincc and third-party application on same machine. Below is my configuration on my site for your reference. I think it's min. requirement. 1.80GHZ,1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Hard Drive 80GB SATA 3.0GB/S, Memory 2.0GB, 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory (2 x 1GB) (V) BR Victor
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