FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in Copy dialog (large files)

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FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in Copy dialog (large files)

Post by rts »

Hello,

Could you please add option 'FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING' to Copy/Move/Rename Options window ?

It would help us to copy/move large/huge files (e.g. *.vhd/*.tib/*.7z/*.zip volumes/archives with size of 100 GB and more) without depleting all available memory that is eventually consumed by Windows for I/O cache. Once the memory is depleted, Windows starts swapping and becomes unresponsive (i.e. very slow) for all other actions.

Thank you.

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Re: FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in Copy dialog (large file

Post by Jan Rysavy »

This sounds strange, we are reading files with limited buffer (maybe up to 256KB). I can imagine OS will allocate some internal buffers but if it starts swapping, I think there is something very wrong. Do you have any information about this problem?
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Re: FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in Copy dialog (large file

Post by Ether »

It's not the first time I heard about such a thing. Could it be this? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/976618
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Re: FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in Copy dialog (large file

Post by Jan Rysavy »

Interesting.

rts, what Windows version are you using? Could you reproduce this problem according to MS article?
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