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> the latter [Windows] is somewhat known of its less than excellent performance when it comes to small files. Not at all a Windows guy here, but my understandi
by bediger4000 2y ago
> the latter [Windows] is somewhat known of its less than excellent performance when it comes to small files.
Not at all a Windows guy here, but my understanding was that NTFS kept the contents of small files in the FILE record itself. How does this cause low performance?
- LegionMammal978 2y agoLooking up and opening a file is infamously slow on Windows, due to the stack of drivers, compatibility layers, etc. it must go through. So performant Windows programs typically use fewer larger files instead of the many smaller files seen in Unix-like programming.