What is the fastest way to generate MD5 code for a huge (140 GB) tar file in Fedora?

Question

Recently I downloaded a big (140 GB) tar file and it has an MD5 code to verify the downloaded version.

I used md5sum filename to generate MD5 code and compare it with the original one. But, it seems that I should wait for a long time.

Is there a faster way to generate MD5 code for a big file in Fedora?

have a look at this, this might help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28817057/md5-sha1-hashing-large-files — piyushj, May 20 '16 at 07:14

Walfrat · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T07:19:36.523

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If you're not using SSD, your hard drive will be only able to read at about 30M/s.

So for a 140 000MB file size, you have already something like 1h and a half just to read the file.

Now add that there is some process on your computer running, i guess that your "long time" can be something like 2 hours.

Unless switching of storage support for a faster one (SSD, USB), there's nothing much you can do.

Now if md5sum take 10h, i guess it's possible you can find better.

edited May 20 '16 at 07:19

answered May 20 '16 at 07:06

Walfrat

Thanks for your replay, 2 hours is not a big headache. I can wait and pray. – Ali Sharifi B. May 20 '16 at 07:11

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