queue for copying and moving files

[Thorsten Gensler]

Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> The problem is we have to make assumptions of the disk-configuration. For
> instance if the directories are in different mounts, then they would be
> faster in parallel, if the mounts are different hardware, but not if they
> share disks. If the disk is RAID-1 mirrored, then reads are faster in
> parallel, but writes are not.
>
> Such optimization has to be done by the kernel (or hardware*), because it
> is the only place with enough information to do the optimizations.
>
> *Note that if you buy yourself a SCSI or SAS disk, then the buffer on the
> disk will do this kind of operation reordering for you.
>
> `Allan

Let the user make the decision what would be faster.
Different mountpoints -> Option for parallel OR queue
Same mountpoints -> Option for parallel OR queue
A Button for starting a queued operation could be also a good idea.

It's not that difficult or is it?