On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> 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. > > Fred > > Yes single folder. As you can imagine i did some research before going this way. Only practical limit seems to be available disk space. It's a vfp app talking to a linux server via ftp.File size is about 2mb . Retrieval is next to instant on a rather large WAN. A+ jml --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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/capqlobxvmt91fur1f-fm4qkcbztlaessw6kbwefgbeyoear...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
