Looking for Multi Threading technique to perform File I/O

narayana venkata

Hi,

I would like to know how to use Multi Threading technique in order to perform file Moving& Copying operations. In my current project, I have 4500 xml files in one location and wanted to move to another location which is now taking 5 minutes.Would like to any better way to minimize the time.

Note: Heard that Parllell Looping is one of the process to improve the performance. If anybody knows how to use the Parallel Looping for File operations (Copying&Moving), please let me know.

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Amit Gupta8y ago
Accepted answer
Hey

Personally I don't recommend to use Parallel loop for this type of operations, this will process all side by side for copying and cause degradation in the performance.

If you are using simply File.Copy(...) then I am afraid, you can't boost the operation ( it is performing the task as same as system does).

You can use BufferedStream class alongwith async programming that will slightly have much better performance and very low load on system resources.

You can find more info a out that classes ovwr the web.

Good Luck
narayana venkata8y ago
Amit,

That was a very informative article! Thank u so much for sharing a valuable information.
narayana venkata8y ago
Hello Mehul,

Thanks for your prompt response. I don't think your reference links will help me out to perform in a better way.

Anyway, thanks for the intresting arcticle.
Mehul Prajapati8y ago
Hi,

Refer following links to get your solution..

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/silverlight/en-US/21b068ef-4ef6-4981-8208-0ed6d0153de0/multithreading-reading-multiple-files?forum=csharpgeneral

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24984/MTCopy-A-Multi-threaded-Single-Multi-File-Copying

i hope, it will help you..