Yes, the kernel has a dirhash option. Thank you for the answer. ---- Alexander Varshavchick, Metrocom Joint Stock Company Phone: (812)118-3322, 118-3115(fax)
On 13 Jan 2003, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Date: 13 Jan 2003 16:36:06 -0500 > From: Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Big directory size > > Varshavchick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I had a directory with a lot of files (about 100 000), and naturally, the > > size of the directory entry itself was big enough (about 1M). Now I've > > split all these files to different subdirectories, to increase the system > > performance. The major directory entry size didn't change, however such a > > big value is not needed now. > > > > Now here is a question - can an unnessesary big value of a directory > > entry size harm the system performance? I guess it does not, is it > > correct? > > If the files were created without the dirhash code in your kernel, it > certainly could. It still could with the dirhash, but shouldn't be > noticeable at the 100,000-file level. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
