too many files in a directory

My Cyrus 2.2.13 server (Debian stable) is running on an ext3 filesystem. One folder contains so many files that it keeps exceeding the limit ext3 can cope with (or at least, more than the directory index can handle). I've been able to recover with e2fsck (I don't know if it rebalances the

Re: too many files in a directory

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Ross Boylan wrote: My Cyrus 2.2.13 server (Debian stable) is running on an ext3 filesystem. One folder contains so many files that it keeps exceeding the limit ext3 can cope with (or at least, more than the directory index can handle). I've been able to recover with

Re: too many files in a directory

Thanks for your reply. On 11/5/2010 6:18 PM, David Lang wrote: I have a narrow question and a broader one. Narrowly, if I create some other folders and move some of the messages into them, will it help? My understanding is that cyrus tries to avoid copying or moving message files around on

Re: too many files in a directory

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Ross Boylan wrote: Thanks for your reply. On 11/5/2010 6:18 PM, David Lang wrote: I have a narrow question and a broader one. Narrowly, if I create some other folders and move some of the messages into them, will it help? My understanding is that cyrus tries to avoid