JCIFS: file retrieval is too slow to be usable

Question

I was just testing JCIFS for accessing Windows shares. It is very slow to the point of being completely unusable.

import jcifs.smb.*;

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Answer 1

If you can rely on "something else" to mount the share as a local directory for you, then reading files in the mounted share in Java should be portable.

Even if this is not a real solution, it would be worth trying this to see if you get a faster read rate. A significantly faster read rate might change your mind about the relative importance of portability. And if you don't get a significant speedup, then you'll know that JCIFS is not to blame ...