[SLL] limit on number of files in a directory and hashed dir vs. flat dir file access time

Adam Monsen haircut at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 09:23:13 PDT 2007


Thanks Chuck, Brian, Ana and Rob for all the great feedback!

On 10/31/07, Chuck Wolber <chuckw at quantumlinux.com> wrote:
[...]
> Have you tried asking that question on the ext3 developers list? I don't
> know if this is the *OFFICIAL* list, but Theodore Tso posts there all the
> time:
>
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users

I have not. Good call, though!

> Also, have you considered other types of filesystems for what you're
> trying to do? IIRC ReiserFS actually has some advantages over ext3 for
> lots of small files, or maybe that was xfs...

No, but that's another thing to put on my list, thanks.

[...]

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Adam Monsen


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