I used to have to deal with many WAV files in folders. As long as there wasn't too many more than about 5K files per folder, things worked very well. After that, it got to be pretty sluggish.
Fred On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Matt Slay <matts...@jordanmachine.com>wrote: > Is there any limit (OS or best practice) on the maximum number of files to > have in one single folder? > > I seem to recall that there was a limit, or at least a point at which it > could become problematic. > > I am running Windows Server 2003 as our primary file store on a 12-user > LAN. > It has multiple folders, but one in particular has grown to about 8,000 > files. Each file is very small (1 - 5KB), but there are a lot of them. > > The files are stored on the server in a shared folder, that is hosted in a > DFS tree, and users access this DFS tree from a mapped letter on their XP > machines on the LAN. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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/3392e7100902190637g6f1e1ba4jf823c4b00cddc...@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.
