Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:02:06 -0700 From: Steve Carlson <stevec@nbci.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FFS performance for large directories? Message-ID: <B5A7892E.BCC%stevec@nbci.com>
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Hello all... I'm trying to figure out at what point I can expect
performance issues with an FFS filesystem if I have directories with a
massive number of small files or symlinks. As far as I understand it, there
are a number of inodes located within a cylinder group, and the inodes for
files are ideally placed in the same cylinder group as their parent
directory. But if I were to have a massive number of small files or
symlinks in a directory, wouldn't I run out of local inodes and thus start
to see a performance issue when working in that directory? How can I
determine the maximum number of files I should safely place in a directory
without my performance suffering?
Thanks for any help you can offer,
Steve
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Steve Carlson
NBC Internet
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