What OS, btw? * *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:15 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Here’s the results from a single logical (SAN) drive on one of our file > servers: > Total Files Listed:**** > > 4661023 File(s) 681,427,607,680 bytes**** > > ** ** > > On this logical drive are our primary shares for users and shared data, but > if no single folder has more than 2000 files does it matter? I’m thinking > still yes.**** > > ** ** > > And yes, it takes FOREVER to do any kid of file maintenance on this. **** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2011 8:57 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: # of files on Windows server**** > > ** ** > > Consider this: NTFS is a type of database. And not a very efficient one > either. And, for very small files, the files are actually stored within the > file system, while with larger files, NTFS has pointers to the actual file > data stored in the FS.**** > > ** ** > > Storage size has exploded in the last 10 years. However, performance has > not matched the size expansion.**** > > ** ** > > If I’m going to simply OPEN or CREATE a small file – number of files has > little impact. NTFS is just going to create a new entry in the database.** > ** > > ** ** > > If I need to find, list, or extend a file – well, it’s going to take > longer.**** > > ** ** > > If I need to enumerate files (that is, get a directory listing) the more > files I’ve got, the longer it’s going to take.**** > > ** ** > > It “can be shown” that having more than about 1K files in a directory will > effect enumeration. It becomes really noticeable (IMHO) around 10K and heads > rapidly downhill after that.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:46 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* # of files on Windows server**** > > ** ** > > Recently we had a thread about how many files get to be too many for > reasonable performance. Would this be just per folder, or possibly logical > drive in general? Links/documents would work too.**** > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > ** ** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
