What is the fastest way to read 10 GB file from the disk?

Question

We need to read and count different types of messages/run some statistics on a 10 GB text file, e.g a FIX engine log. We use Linux, 32-bit, 4 CPUs, Intel, coding in Perl but the

Answer 1

I have a co-worker who sped up his FIX reading by going to 64-bit Linux. If it's something worthwhile, drop a little cash to get some fancier hardware.