system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What would take longer: copying 1024 1MB files, or 1 1GB file?

If one of those takes longer than the other, why?
gpt
I'd imagine 1024 1MB files would take longer because you have to fetch file metadata as well as the actual file data. Plus, depending on how much data your buffer can transfer in a single block, you might have unused space in the buffer.