>- see footer for list info -< This will also be better for an overall performance basis. If you are running windows 32bit then more than 64k files in a folder with have drastic performance issues as windows will have real issues reading and writing from this folder and you will probably never be able to open it in windows explorer. Not sure what the effect is on other 32bit os's 64bit can handle more files, but still so many in a folder is a bad idea and will still cause performance issues, this is why mail servers separates files into different folders.
Russ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Wild Sent: 01 July 2010 15:02 To: Coldfusion Development Subject: Re: [CF-Dev] listing files in HUGE dirs >- see footer for list info -< "Another thing to consider, do all these files *need* to be in the same directory?" possibly not, they *could* be grouped into client subdirs (this is a large site where 200+clients each have around 100 to 3000+ items each consisting of 10 images). However, the boat's sailed on the site structure a long time ago, and not sure the client would want to revisit it unless it becomes a real problem (which it may well do in the fullness of time). Certainly worth considering though. R On 1 July 2010 14:40, Peter Boughton <[email protected]> wrote: > >- see footer for list info -< > Another thing to consider, do all these files *need* to be in the same > directory? > > For example, if you're doing some form of archiving, you could use > several sub-directories, and if you can divide the directories in a > suitable way, you might only need to consider certain ones, which of > course reduces the number of files you're looking at. > > > Oh, and if you still occasionally need to consider all files together, > some people might think sub-dirs make this more fiddly - but they > don't; you can use the recursion flags ( <cfdirectory recurse ... /> > or "dir \B \S" or "ls -1R" ) to grab all the files together. > > > One more thought - depending how the files might get created, is it > feasible to keep a seperate log of the information you need, which is > calculated when the files are changed and/or with a scheduled task, > and then you can just read a file/db entry to get it? > > Might not be viable options, just throwing some ideas about. :) > > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< > _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
