copying versus mounting
We have about 100GB of images currently stored on DVDs. My question is very simple, and I haven't been able to find an answer. I am currently testing both methods, but as they take a few hours, my curiosity is getting the better of me. Without further ado:

Holding hardware constant, is there any reason to believe that creating an ISO of the DVDs via dd and mounting them to a directory will be faster than simply using cp?

Any input appreciated. Thanks.
copying versus mounting
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We have about 100GB of images currently stored on DVDs. My question is very simple, and I haven't been able to find an answer. I am currently testing both methods, but as they take a few hours, my curiosity is getting the better of me. Without further ado:

Holding hardware constant, is there any reason to believe that creating an ISO of the DVDs via dd and mounting them to a directory will be faster than simply using cp?

Any input appreciated. Thanks.