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Hi Bob: I was called in to help a local animator resolve a similar issue with his PAR and 2217. He was using BLF of 250 for all his work. When he got to 800 megs filled none of his animations would play. after optimizations each time more of his desired animations would play including ones that once played before optimization. I suggested he never again use the BLF of 250 but reduse it to 240 for all his work unless doing just one or two short animations on an empty drive. He agreed and after a couple of months work now has reported that he can fill the drive to over 75% without problems. He has now resolved to stop using the PAR as a storage device for his animations and make it a working space for current projects. In the early days of the par we all were bragging about the "ability" to be able to use the higher BLF's for higher quality. Well, after a year of heavy PAR use I must conclude that using the DPS's recommendation of 240 is right opn target for best performance of the PAR with these Mic drives. The quality difference between the two settings is, IMO, not perceptable.