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It would be nice if they improved their own file system performance. Sidestepping the gap by running a VM gives them less incentive to fix these issues, which a
by asveikau 8y ago
It would be nice if they improved their own file system performance. Sidestepping the gap by running a VM gives them less incentive to fix these issues, which are also visible in native Windows applications.
- crispinb 8y agoI agree Windows file access is noticeably slower than on other platforms. But it seems like the issue has quite fundamental roots: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/873#issuecomment-425272829 https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/873#issuecomment-425.... Add to that Windows Defender scanning, and you have death by a thousand cuts rather than something that could be fixed by a single measure like adopting a faster filesystem.
- asveikau 8y agoI used to work at Microsoft doing work that touched filesystem stuff a lot, and every single one of those points was known to me already. But at a certain point they ought to be able to say: the OS is not competitive with the state of the art in this area. It shouldn't matter what organizational or component boundaries create this situation, they should do more to fix it. Blaming the layering is a start I guess, but shouldn't be the end.
- crispinb 8y agoSure, hard to argue with that. The effects are pronounced enough even from an end-user perspective, and it's clearly Microsoft's job to fix.