HDD performance on combining big rar files

[DarthGW]

for joining large rar parts,if i downloaded them into D: (HDD- storage), when i run winrar from C: (SSD where OS is installed) to join the individual parts
does the combining activity occurs in D: or C:?
i read somewhere that during this process, winrar temporary shifts the archive files from D: into C: to carry out the joining process before dumping the complete file back in D:
concerned about the accelerated degradation of SSD (wear and tear) if it is subjected to regular activity such as this

 

[Krabs.]

open diskinfox64 or hwinfo and do the winrar again .... if it burns the SSD you will see the write lifetime number move

 

[kandinsky]

During the process, look under Task Manager (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC) > Performance or Resource Manager > Disk, should be able to see where the bulk of the disk activity is?

 

[DarthGW]

i dont have a rig available to test this.
but the reason why i am asking is i am considering to build a htpc (gaming, movies) which will also be carrying out this activity (ie download rar files into a secondary drive in the htpc and carry out the joining from there), or get a NAS to do the download and joining

 

[kandinsky]

Another thought, assuming winrar really does that, you can probably change the location of the temp folder in Winrar so that it doesn't touch your C:.

 

[haodede]

If you going to use NAS to extract compressed files, most likely the CPU will be the one causing the performance choke. Unless you are going to get a Intel based CPU NAS.

 

[DarthGW]

not concerned abt cpu bottleneck, more on the hdd where the decompressing activity is going to be used.
since the SSD on the HTPC will be subjected to more usage daily

 

[RobinTeoHood]

Change the rar temp drive to the final destination drive. So its just a renaming instead of copying again.

Better still. Use a ram disk and do everything in ram. Even faster than ssd based.

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