Will using multiple threads with a RandomAccessFile help performance?

Question

I am working on a (database-ish) project, where data is stored in a flat file. For reading/writing I\'m using the RandomAccessFile class. Will I gain anything f

Answer 1

A fairly common question. Basically using multiple threads will not make your hard drive go any faster. Instead performing concurrent request can make it slower.

Disk subsystems, esp IDE, EIDE, SATA, are designed to read/write sequentially fastest.