Hey all,
I have a pretty strange question. Is there any difference in speed between a local physical location on a drive (aka c:\stuff\) versus a shared network source that points to that physical location (aka shared the directory c:\stuff) when they are both on the same system? I have a network of computers and I have a shared directory on one system. Is there any difference in access speed on that local machine (the one that has the shared directory) by accessing the physical location or accessing the network share (again, both of which are on the same computer)? I am not sure if I am explaining myself correctly. I do not know if when I access the network share, the computer has to go out to the router then back to the system.
Did that make sense?
Thanks!
Josh
I have a pretty strange question. Is there any difference in speed between a local physical location on a drive (aka c:\stuff\) versus a shared network source that points to that physical location (aka shared the directory c:\stuff) when they are both on the same system? I have a network of computers and I have a shared directory on one system. Is there any difference in access speed on that local machine (the one that has the shared directory) by accessing the physical location or accessing the network share (again, both of which are on the same computer)? I am not sure if I am explaining myself correctly. I do not know if when I access the network share, the computer has to go out to the router then back to the system.
Did that make sense?
Thanks!
Josh