To: Michael J. Mahon Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Polymorph wrote:On Feb 20, 12:09 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:Eric Rucker wrote:
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In all cases, the total transfer time and the total actual write time are the same (except for minor and uncontrollable rotational latency differences at the start of each write).
Yes, it was the disk I/O latency that I was referring to. By reducing the number of writes, I expect some modest reduction in the overall time it takes to transfer a file/image from one machine to another (transfer + write time).
When I said "How much of an increase I'm not sure", I meant I do not know exactly what the latency is, but I expect a few seconds should be shaved off over the course of a 140K transfer, and even more for bigger files/images (I do not want to limit my project to image transfers). The latency will depend largely on what medium/device you're writing to - a hard disk will have a much smaller latency than a floppy disk.
Cheers, Mike