Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:30:31 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: you are in an fs with millions of small files Message-ID: <42A59367.6060307@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <42A4D5D0.9040500@elischer.org> References: <17059.7150.269428.448187@roam.psg.com> <42A4D5D0.9040500@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > what. all in one directory? > > I've only had up to 500,000 files in one directory on FreeBSD. The only problems I've had with a directory with millions of files is things like ls -al with attempt to sort the list, but the list doesn't fit into memory. Access to the files is of course very snappy. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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