Short: Demo of Ami-FileSafe V2.01 (New filing system) Uploader: afssales@flevel.demon.co.uk (AFS Sales) Type: disk/misc Features of Ami-FileSafe ------------------------ - AFS has much faster disk access than FFS. - AFS will store (On average) more data than FFS on the same disk. - AFS gives vastly improved directory scanning. - AFS is SAFE - If you crash your machine whilst writing Ami-FileSafe partitions will not (unlike OFS & FFS) become invalidated or corrupt. Restrictions and requirements ----------------------------- The demonstration version of Ami-FileSafe will not handle partitions of more than 10MB. It can be installed and automouted in the RidgidBootBlock. Standard mountlists are also supported. Autobooting is supported. Memory usage depends on the number of buffers selected. The full version of Ami-FileSafe is available from Fourth Level Developments priced £69.95 (UKP). The full version of Ami-File Safe also: - Supports partitions of upto 2GB. - Is supported by a new Vesion of DiskSalv (By Dave Haynie) (Out soon) - Supports floppy disks. - Supports MultiUser File System. - Comes boxed with a full printed manual including instructions on how to use its most advanced features. AmigaDos compatibility ---------------------- All Amiga-Dos features are implemented and you shouldn't have any problems with OS-Legal programs. Some programs such as games and disk utilities which are not OS-legal will not work with Ami-FileSafe. N.B. If you use Directory Opus then we suggest you disable the progress indicator to speed up file operations. Benchmarks ---------- Test FFS AFS Units DirScan 409 1780 Files/Second Create 227 1073 K/Second Read 244 1363 K/Second The DirScan, Create and Read tests were done with DiskSpeed V4.2 SeekTest (x100) 53.6 4.4 Seconds SeekTest was done using a custom program (Source code available on request). It performs the following sequence: Seek Start of file Write 4 Bytes Seek to End of file Write 4 Bytes Repeat Reviews ------- A review of Ami-FileSafe is available from Aminet and comp.sys.amiga.reviews. If you would like this review send to you then please ask. Contacts -------- If you are having problems with Ami-FileSafe or would like some more information then please contact Fourth Level Developments not Amiga Shopper. Tel: 0117 985 4455 (6 Lines) Fax: 0117 955 9157 Email: support@flevel.demon.co.uk Mail: Fourth Level Developments 31, Ashley Hill Montpelier Bristol BS6 5JA ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 154 111 27.9% 22-May-95 15:35:10 +Install 679 332 51.1% 22-May-95 15:35:12 +Install.info 176 125 28.9% 22-May-95 15:38:20 +Install020 679 329 51.5% 22-May-95 15:38:22 +Install020.info 628 250 60.1% 22-May-95 14:25:08 +l.info 39756 23055 42.0% 10-Jul-95 14:46:26 +Ami-FileSafe 38852 22600 41.8% 10-Jul-95 14:46:30 +Ami-FileSafe020 7476 2979 60.1% 10-Jul-95 14:44:26 +ReadMe 844 422 50.0% 10-Jul-95 14:43:44 +ReadMe.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 89244 50203 43.7% 10-Jul-95 22:35:00 9 files