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Best Allocation Unit Size for exfat?

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1/11/11 at 6:23am
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I formatted my 32 gig Sandisk Cruzer to exfat and I saw something called Allocation Unit Size. There were many sizes and I want to know which is the best?
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1/11/11 at 8:24am
What type of files do you plan to store on the drive?

If you plan to do an excess of 4GB files then larger unit size = better performance.

Though generally it's just better to leave it at default.
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1/11/11 at 9:44am
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What type of files do you plan to store on the drive?

If you plan to do an excess of 4GB files then larger unit size = better performance.

Though generally it's just better to leave it at default.
This. You need to think about what you want to do with the drive before you can know what the best setting will be. If there was a single 'best' setting then MS wouldn't bother giving you a choice.
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