How to write super-fast file-streaming code in C#?

Question

I have to split a huge file into many smaller files. Each of the destination files is defined by an offset and length as the number of bytes. I\'m using the following code:<

Answer 1

Using FileStream + StreamWriter I know it's possible to create massive files in little time (less than 1 min 30 seconds). I generate three files totaling 700+ megabytes from one file using that technique.

Your primary problem with the code you're using is that you are opening a file every time. That is creating file I/O overhead.

If you knew the names of the files you would be generating ahead of time, you could extract the File.OpenWrite into a separate method; it will increase the speed. Without seeing the code that determines how you are splitting the files, I don't think you can get much faster.