Most file access are blocking calls - if a file is opened for writing, it
gets locked. Reading also has implicit locks - but these are released sooner.
For 500 simultaneous users, you better look at SQL Express or SQL Server
instead of the file system if you care about performance.
Regards,
Pandurang

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