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Re:Searching 20 GB/sec: Systems Engineering Before Algorithms by herf on Friday May 09, 2014 @10:52AM (#7721160)
Yes don't call GetFileAttributes (which your POSIX layer does to emulate grep) - especially over a network (samba) connection.

But the original point is OPEN is expensive, which it really is, especially over a network connection.

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