On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 11:43:08AM -0000, Brett Maton wrote: > > I've got a Linux server with over 1.5 Million files in a single directory, > which as you will probably agree is not a good idea.
It's a *terrible* idea :-). > My problem is that the management refuses to accept that it's a bad idea to > have that many files in a single directory. > > To make the problem worse, the folder in question is exported via Samba and > NFS! > > Has anyone come across any references/documents that I could use to slap some > sense into them? > > I've not had much luck in finding anything to support my concerns on the web, > I assume this is > because nobody in their right minds would design an application to work this > way. Try this howto. It might help on the Samba side of things, but if the NFS clients are writing into the directory as well as Samba, you're screwed :-). http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/largefile.html Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
