On Friday 17 January 2003 10:48, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > Put a big stress on "about". I did some tests about a year ago (results > on http://www.hjp.at/os/largedir/ - the text is German, but the graphs > are international :-) and from that and experience I'd say that the > point where performance becomes horrible is somewhere between less than > 10,000 and more than 100,000 files, depending on the kernel version, how > much RAM the machine has and how it is used.
IIRR the directory size at which ext2 performance plummets is the one where the directory starts using indirect blocks, or was it second indirect blocks? How many files that is depends on the size of the filenames. phma ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
