I have folders with hundreds of thousands, to over a million files and subfolders in each parent. I'm reading that the NTFS log file may be responsible for slow file creation and other actions.
How do I use SysInternals Contig to address this issue?
When I run contig -v d:\$LogFile
What Doesn't work: (any combination of:)
- elevated (Run as admin) command prompt I get
access denied
. - Safe mode.
- Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2012 R2 (to test for an API difference)
Research:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/197162/ntfs-performance-and-large-volumes-of-files-and-directories https://stackoverflow.com/questions/115882/how-do-you-deal-with-lots-of-small-files