| WIN32
| WIN64
| LX32
| LX64
| NW32
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Platforms Supported
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The purpose of PLFILE is to place a very high amount of I/O to a target
drive, array or remote volume. PLFILE uses a single file, with
overlapped I/O via threading. The file is not created on each pass
through the file, avoiding file system overhead. The benefit is
decreased disk latency, minimal or non-existent file fragmentation and
higher overall load on the storage controller and physical drives. The
Windows platform has unbuffered I/O, but the Linux platforms are
buffered at this time.
