Binary file problems

  • Hi all,

    I'm not even sure if this is the correct place to be asking this, so if it isn't please let me know so I can move it.

    Ok so I have fileserver that is storing 100's of files, we store them with the extension ".tmp".

    When these files are over 500KB they take over 13-20secs to open (currently just opening them in notepad).

    Other tempfiles that are not created by ourselfs that are stored on this server open instantly regardless of size.

    The files are created using ASP binaryWrite/binaryRead methods.

    The orginal documents range from PDF's to Worddoc's

    Has anyone come across this problem before???

    thanks in advance

    Chris

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  • Chris,

    I've seen that type behavior but it affected all files, not just those from a single application.

    First suspects I'd look at though are any filter drivers, which can be checked by running fltmc from a command line. If you see some, their configurations might be worth looking into.

    If that didn't show anything interesting then using Process Monitor to capture file system activity could give you a measure of how long certain file operations are taking. For example, how long it takes between a file open and the last read operation.

    References:

    Fltmc: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa488194.aspx

    Process Monitor: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  • Thanks Todd 🙂

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