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		natmaka on Dec 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows file access performance compared to Linux Do you take the buffercache into account? If the server has more RAM unused by processes it probably uses it as a cache, which can be 3x quicker than a SSD.

MrRadar on Dec 30, 2018 [–]

Both machines should have sufficient memory to cache the entire codebase (including all header and library files) in RAM.

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