Hello!
I wrote yesterday a question if Linux handled many files or dirs in a
single directory. 15,000 entries. I've learned that this is not a good
idea, and that I should try to avoid it (splitting the directories into
groups or something). I've also learned that 2.2 kernel handles this much
better and faster.
Thanks everyone that helped me!
Now I have another question that is disturbing me. ;-)
I'm writing a HotMail-alike kinda service. I'll have many users (the
maximum will be 15,000 I think). Messages are stored in the /Maildir
format, which means that every single message is stored in a diferente
file. So, if the user has 100 messages, he'll have in his mailbox 100 files.
Someone told me that every file (even a small one) takes 1k (or even 4k).
Is this true?
What about inodes? How does it works? Can I run out of inodes? How can I
make this more "flexible"? Any RTFM to read? ;-)
Thanks a lot!!!
Henrique Pantarotto
Coord. T�cnico Operacional
CEPAnet Internet Provider
Web: http://www.cepa.com.br
Tel. suporte: +55 (011) 5506-8477
Sao Paulo - Brasil
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