This project compares the performance of different buffering strategies in Java. The strategies are:

• FileChannel with indirect buffers
• FileChannel with direct buffers
• FileChannel using the transferTo() operation
• Buffered I/O Stream
• Stream read into a byte array managed by the programmer

The results are presented in the following table:

The project is a Java Project. To run it, you need to have Java installed on your machine. After that, you can run the project by opening a terminal in the directory and executing the following commands depending on your operating system:

Mac/Linux Give the permission to execute the script (only the first time):

chmod +x exec.sh

and then execute it:

./exec.sh

Windows Just execute it:

.\exec.bat