on 7/10/01 8:58 PM, Bryan Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm not ready to agree with this yet... What causes "data corruption"
> anyway? Files left open upon a crash? Dying hardware?
Either of these, usually - the reason for the corruption is not at debate
here, what said corruption ends up doing, is...
> If you have dozens
> of these little files open, doesn't that make you more prone to problems
> than if you just have one?
Example:
1- You have 1,000 files in a directory.
2- You have one file containing 1,0000 records.
Your data gets corrupted, let's say an area on on your hard drive - now if
the one monolithic files gets hosed, you run a pretty big potential to be
screwed and that you might have lost all 1,000 records.
In the other case, only those files affected by the bad area would be
affected, allowing you to recover the rest file by file.
Your other arguments, concerning the OS' problems with lots of files, are
well taken, though, and it's obvious that either method has pros and cons -
effectively finding a solution for the cons would be the ideal solution.
Harry
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