Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-04 Thread MikeM
On 1/4/2003 at 8:39 PM Giorgos Keramidas wrote: |On 2003-01-04 09:04, MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> The upgrade to 4.7 went very smoothly. |> [...] |> When I tried to "tar -yxf" the freedb archive, the server became |> unresponsive. |> [...] |> The server is back online now, and running wel

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-01-04 09:04, MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The upgrade to 4.7 went very smoothly. > [...] > When I tried to "tar -yxf" the freedb archive, the server became > unresponsive. > [...] > The server is back online now, and running well. Trying to duplicate the > problem, I ran a similar s

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-04 Thread MikeM
On 1/3/2003 at 9:25 AM MikeM wrote: | [snip] | |To you and others who have helped me, here's what I'm doing. | |- tomorrow I am upgrading from 4.5 to 4.7 |- once that proves stable, I'll increase the DIRHASH value appropriately. |- once that proves stable, I'll "tunefs -n enable /usr" to turn on s

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-03 Thread MikeM
On 1/3/03 at 6:45 AM Giorgos Keramidas wrote: |On 2003-01-02 09:01, MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org |> lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling |> block. The server app requires over 250,00

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-03 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-01-02 09:01, MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org > lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling > block. The server app requires over 250,000 files in a single directory. > Each file is about

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread MikeM
On 1/2/03 at 11:38 AM Dan Nelson wrote: |In the last episode (Jan 02), MikeM said: |> Is there anything I can do so that the file system works faster with |> such a large number of files? I'm looking for an increase in the |> area of 5 to 1. For example, the command "rm -rf misc" where "misc" |>

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 02), MikeM said: > It was a surprise to me (but probably not to those on this list) that > the file system does not handle that many files in an expeditious > manner (I'm being kind here). > > Is there anything I can do so that the file system works faster with > such a la

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread MikeM
On 1/2/03 at 8:58 AM Mikko Työläjärvi wrote: |On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, MikeM wrote: | |> On 1/2/03 at 3:13 PM Roman Neuhauser wrote: |> |> |# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-02 09:01:27 -0500: |> |> I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the |> |> freedb.org lookup database. Unfortunate

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread Mikko Työläjärvi
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, MikeM wrote: > On 1/2/03 at 3:13 PM Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > |# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-02 09:01:27 -0500: > |> I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org > |> lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling > |> block

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread MikeM
On 1/2/03 at 3:13 PM Roman Neuhauser wrote: |# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-02 09:01:27 -0500: |> I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org |> lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling |> block. The server app requires over 250,000 files

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread Bill Moran
From: "MikeM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling block. The server app requires over 250,000 files in a single directory. Each file is about 2k in size. It was a surp

Re: Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-02 09:01:27 -0500: > I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org > lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling > block. The server app requires over 250,000 files in a single directory. > Each file is about 2k i

Lots of files in a directory

2003-01-02 Thread MikeM
I'm considering setting up my server as a mirror site for the freedb.org lookup database. Unfortunately, I've seem to have run into a stumbling block. The server app requires over 250,000 files in a single directory. Each file is about 2k in size. It was a surprise to me (but probably not to tho