Short: Demo of Ami-FileSafe V2.2 (New filing system) Uploader: afssales flevel demon co uk (AFS Sales) Type: disk/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos 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. Ami-FileSafe (AFS) Announcement ------------------------------- Since the initial release of Ami-FileSafe there has been a few changes. Ami-FileSafe Pro ---------------- Ami-FileSafe now becomes Ami-FileSafe Pro. The new version includes:- - A MultiUser FileSystem version of AFS. - An on the fly FFS to AFS converter. Current users of Ami-FileSafe can update to Ami-FileSafe Pro free of charge. The retail price of Ami-FileSafe Pro is 69.75UKP (Inc Vat). Ami-FileSafe User ----------------- A new version of AFS called Ami-FileSafe User is now available. Ami-FileSafe User is a budget version of AFS and has the follow limitations:- - It may only be used on one hard drive of upto 650MB. - It does not include the MultiUser FileSystem version of AFS. It does however include the FFS to AFS converter. The retail price of Ami-FileSafe User is 29.95UKP (Inc Vat). Upgrades from Ami-FileSafe User to Ami-FileSafe Pro are 44.80UKP (Inc Vat). 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. 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