On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:21:11 -0800, David Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want this to turn into one of those ext3 vs xfs conversations. > > I want to know which filesystem is a better choice for having lots > (>4billion) directories. The dirs will be in tree format, so at the > root will be 256 dirs, each with 256 sub-dirs, each with 256 sub-dirs. > This will go on for 8 to 12 levels deep (I don't know yet) Then each > dir will have one small file in it (<32bytes). How would I tune ext3 > for this? What about XFS, I read that some of it's features might be > useful to me for this project. Any good links? I don't even know what > phrases to Google for this one, my results have been unhelpful. > > /djb
Normally, if someone requires this level of complexity, they choose to write their own filesystem. E.g. google. Although they've done so not because of a huge amout of small files. Before you'd be able to do so, you may want to choose ReiserFS for the time being. Good luck. -- Joe -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun... -- [email protected] mailing list
