Read is being call on traversal of files

[Nikhilesh Susarla]

I get a read call if I just traverse the files. Not opening/double-clicking the file. 

Is there any way to stop getting read calls when folder is opened or the traversing the files? 

Because read operations are costly as we call cloud to read data. But we don't want to receive read unless we want to open the file to read. 

Thank you

[Ricardo Fonseca]

Hello,

Are you using Windows Explorer to navigate inside the folder? Sometimes we've had Explorer reading files for no reason, i.e., it would call GetSecurityByName, then Open, then Read the first few bytes, and then Close, all these for certain files inside the folder.

I have not found any way to prevent it from happening, except maybe adding the mount point directory itself to the list of exclusions that is used by Windows Defender. Maybe give that a try and see what happens? Link for how to add it to the exclusion list: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26

Cheers,

Ricardo Fonseca

[Ricardo Fonseca]

There is also the possibility of Windows Explorer reading image/video files for thumbnail display.

[Bill Zissimopoulos]

These read calls likely come from applications like Explorer in order to preview file content, show thumbnails, etc. In general I recommend mounting drives as network drives to minimize such calls.

 

Bill

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[Nikhilesh Susarla]

Network drive is actually out of option for my scenario