On 9/26/11 8:37 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Jean Laeremans< > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Dave Crozier< >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> > > or slow to access say because you have more than >>> > > about 5,000 files in a folder then it totally screws you. >>> > > >> > >> > I guess you're talking about a win server here ? >> > Right now i have around 50.000 files on a linux server. Access is >> > immediate..after all a dir. is just a filename.. >> > >> > > In a single folder? It wouldn't surprise me that linux handles folders > better than Windows, I've just not had the experience of that many files in > a folder in linux to compare. Windows definitely does better under 5K per > folder.
As long as you don't try to iterate the entire set and output it to stdout (like what happens with ls *) performance doesn't seem to degrade at all in Linux as the number of files go up. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
