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Is there a performance penalty in using a mapped share from the same machine instead of the local filesystem?
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Mar 15, 20261978 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a machine setup to share c:\apps. I then map the share to drive letter Z: on the same machine. Would an application running from the Z:\ drive run slower than if I ran it from C:\apps? If so, how much? In other words, would it run slower because it has to go through the network when running …
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On Windows XP SP3, the performance difference was very large. The command was 4x slower in my benchmarks. On Windows 10 (20H2), I see a much more manageable 15% performance penalty. I would still recommend using the command instead:
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