Considering improved I/O performance

There are several common I/O tasks that we do often, such as traversing directories searching for files, adding, renaming, moving and deleting directories, adding, renaming, moving, and deleting files, password protecting files and directories, encrypting and decrypting files and directories, and compressing files and directories. We also transmit and load files synchronously, asynchronously, and via streams such as file streams and memory streams. Then, there are all the NoSQL and SQL data operations, all of which will be happening frequently on corporate networks, and streaming data and audio/visual content at work and home.

When working with I/O, it is quite easy to completely slow a system down to the point that it becomes unusable while file reading and file writing is taking place. So, if you are going to be performing heavy I/O, you must keep the system where the work is being carried out fully operational and responsive for the end user...