RE: Opening XL files

While 40 seconds seems like a lot, the IFS does not perform as well as a
Windows machine. Best performance would be in the root file system,
worst performance in the QDLS file system.

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> Subject: Opening XL files
> From: "Tim Kredlo" <TKredlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, March 14, 2005 8:09 pm
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> List people,
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> Is it typical for it to take about twice as long to open an Excel file that
> resides on the IFS as it does to open the 'same' file residing on another
> Windows machine on the same local network?
> 
> 4 seconds vs. 2 seconds is not an issue, but 40 seconds vs. 20 seconds gets
> to be a problem with users with a low patience level (me).
> 
> Tim Kredlo 
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