Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:17 AM Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:17 AM just wondering. is it possible in FS9 to move my aircraft and scenery folder to another pc i have on my network that i use as storage, would FS9 be able to read off it? cons? pro's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM If you have Vista, you should be able to create a symlink to a network drive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link But it's much easier just to get a new, larger hard drive for FS9. Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted November 1, 2009 at 01:33 AM Author Posted November 1, 2009 at 01:33 AM sweet, would this also be the same in XP? i use a laptop currently to fly, so more stuff i can move out of it the better my performance my gaming machine is still on the "to do" list unfortunately. hopefully if not this year, next year ill be able to enjoy FS9 at full settings and maybe fsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted November 1, 2009 at 02:22 AM Posted November 1, 2009 at 02:22 AM sweet, would this also be the same in XP? No. Based on the article, NTFS symlinks to a network drive are only supported on Vista and above. You're welcome to try; I've never actually fooled around with symlinks on NTFS. i use a laptop currently to fly, so more stuff i can move out of it the better my performance I don't understand - so long as you have the disk space, your performance won't vary. A computer with a 100GB drive performs the same if the drive is 10% full or 85% full. If you're actually running out of space, you may want to try NTFS compression on your scenery and aircraft folders, but that will have a non-zero effect on performance. Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Benelli Posted November 1, 2009 at 09:33 AM Posted November 1, 2009 at 09:33 AM more stuff i can move out of it the better my performance Not sure, it could even become way worse. Network reads are way slower than HDD reads. Having aircrafts off the PC disk would require much longer load times, while sceneries could create terrible stutters in dense areas. I really don't think it's a good idea. Luca Benelli - C3 - P2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart Vedin Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM I also say, no performance to gain as long as the HDD is not more than about 90% full. It will start fragment more quickly (= bee slow), maybe when about 90-95 % full. HDD via network may slow down the reading. / Lennart Vedin / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gerrish Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:41 PM Posted November 1, 2009 at 12:41 PM if you're looking for slightly better read times you may want to look at the speed of your current drive and think about upgrading to a fast one. did a quick try of putting planes and scenery on a network drive and it slowed slightly. depending on what speed/s your network can run at will also effect your performance. you'll get better luck on a gigabit network then a 10mb providing all the components can run at the top speed of your network Richard Gerrish Developer, STM Applications Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted November 1, 2009 at 05:37 PM Author Posted November 1, 2009 at 05:37 PM thanks guys. would an external drive a better idea instead of network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Benelli Posted November 1, 2009 at 05:58 PM Posted November 1, 2009 at 05:58 PM An external drive would almost for sure be faster than network (depends on what drive... ) , but i still don't think it's the solution, you may want to make a couple of tests, ecen on the network to see if it works as you expect or if it's too slow... Luca Benelli - C3 - P2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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