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Hi All,

Does somebody know why File.Copy function is 10 times slower than standard
windows drag and drop copy between folders, when I copy files over the
network?
Actually, I need to copy files from one computer to another over a 1GBit
ethernet network as fast as I can. Although windows copy works at %40
performance, File.Copy could not go further than %4.

What could be the reason? What would be the best solution; is it feasible to
use the win32 API functions instead? or is there an undocumented property of
the Copy method somewhere in the framework?

Please help ASAP.

TIA
Adnan


Nov 17 '05 #1
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Hi,

It's weird that performance penalty, you may experience some but no so
drastic.

I bet that what File.Copy does is call the Win32 API to do the real job , so
I see no real improvement if you call it directly.

cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"adnan boz" <ab*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,

Does somebody know why File.Copy function is 10 times slower than standard
windows drag and drop copy between folders, when I copy files over the
network?
Actually, I need to copy files from one computer to another over a 1GBit
ethernet network as fast as I can. Although windows copy works at %40
performance, File.Copy could not go further than %4.

What could be the reason? What would be the best solution; is it feasible
to
use the win32 API functions instead? or is there an undocumented property
of
the Copy method somewhere in the framework?

Please help ASAP.

TIA
Adnan


Nov 17 '05 #2
Hi,

It's weird that performance penalty, you may experience some but no so
drastic.

I bet that what File.Copy does is call the Win32 API to do the real job , so
I see no real improvement if you call it directly.

cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"adnan boz" <ab*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..
Hi All,

Does somebody know why File.Copy function is 10 times slower than standard
windows drag and drop copy between folders, when I copy files over the
network?
Actually, I need to copy files from one computer to another over a 1GBit
ethernet network as fast as I can. Although windows copy works at %40
performance, File.Copy could not go further than %4.

What could be the reason? What would be the best solution; is it feasible
to
use the win32 API functions instead? or is there an undocumented property
of
the Copy method somewhere in the framework?

Please help ASAP.

TIA
Adnan


Nov 17 '05 #3
Both File.Copy and Win32 Copy should be equaly fast.

Willy.

"adnan boz" <ab*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..
Hi All,

Does somebody know why File.Copy function is 10 times slower than standard
windows drag and drop copy between folders, when I copy files over the
network?
Actually, I need to copy files from one computer to another over a 1GBit
ethernet network as fast as I can. Although windows copy works at %40
performance, File.Copy could not go further than %4.

What could be the reason? What would be the best solution; is it feasible
to
use the win32 API functions instead? or is there an undocumented property
of
the Copy method somewhere in the framework?

Please help ASAP.

TIA
Adnan


Nov 17 '05 #4
Both File.Copy and Win32 Copy should be equaly fast.

Willy.

"adnan boz" <ab*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..
Hi All,

Does somebody know why File.Copy function is 10 times slower than standard
windows drag and drop copy between folders, when I copy files over the
network?
Actually, I need to copy files from one computer to another over a 1GBit
ethernet network as fast as I can. Although windows copy works at %40
performance, File.Copy could not go further than %4.

What could be the reason? What would be the best solution; is it feasible
to
use the win32 API functions instead? or is there an undocumented property
of
the Copy method somewhere in the framework?

Please help ASAP.

TIA
Adnan


Nov 17 '05 #5

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