What are the advantages of memory-mapped files?

Question

I\'ve been researching memory mapped files for a project and would appreciate any thoughts from people who have either used them before, or decided against using them, and w

Answer 1

Concurrency would be an issue. Random access is easier Performance is good to great. Ease of use. Not as good. Portability - not so hot.

I've used them on a Sun system a long time ago, and those are my thoughts.