RE: Is there any truth to this claim: "Keep space on your hard drive"

I always thought that 20% was reasonable for NTFS since the 3.51 days.
It's probably a different story for ZFS or EXT3FS or whatever OS X uses.

 

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Subject: [OT] Is there any truth to this claim: "Keep space on your hard
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Is there any truth to this claim: "Keep space on your hard drive. Your
computer's primary startup drive (typically the C: drive on a PC or the
Macintosh HD on a Mac) should be no more than 60% full at any time.
Filling that drive up until it's almost full brings on a world on
instability in all programs, and Lightroom is no exception."
(http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/07/optimizing-lightroom-for-best-perfor
mance-top-ten-lightroom-speed-tips/)

I see it made frequently in the photographic world - yet it seems to be
complete BS to me. I can understand a warning that you should keep 10-20
GB but - 40%? Why.

Cheers
Mark