[sldev] Cache speed experiment & results...

[Buckaroo Mu]

Dale Mahalko wrote:
> Windows isn't good at dealing with directories containing tens of
> thousands of files. Ever tried opening a folder containing 20,000
> files? There is a delay of several seconds trying to do this in
> Windows. Also the hidden MFT and directory structures can become
> ridiculously fragmented, also leading to slowdowns.
>   
>
The problem with opening an explorer window with large numbers of files 
in a single folder is not reading the files themselves, but the fact 
that Windows will read in the /entire/ directory, then sort it by 
whichever method is currently defaulted. Plus, this limitation can be 
worked around (as someone else pointed out) by adding additional layers 
of folders for the first X octets of the UUID.