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Posted by Erwin Moller on 10/29/08 11:20
0000=year wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am the administrator of TSEP - The Search Engine Project
> (www.tsep.info). We developer are unclear about the speed of two different
> methods: Is it faster to
> a) write to a file
> or
> b) update a record in a database
>
> Olaf
>
Hi Olaf,
Do you only want to write some data away, or do you want to retrieve the
data later?
If you want to retrieve it later: use a database.
A database can use indexing, making retrieval of data much faster.
If you just want to write it away: I do not know. I guess filewriting speed
depends on filesystem you use, HD-speed, fragmentation, and the number of
files already on the filesystem.
My guess is your best bet is a database for most situations.
Regards,
Erwin Moller
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