Re: kmail corrupts emails [solved]
Pete Jewell wrote:
> However, ReiserFS is *much* more efficient when you have thousands of
> files in one directory, because it uses a hashing algorithm to determine
> where the required file is (or starts) in the filesystem. This is
> something I know about (hashing) based on my experience with Pick
> database systems, which also use hashing and are incredibly fast at
> keyed record retrieval (as well as entire file/table traversal).
There's a blast from the past. I did too much work with Pick databases... I
managed not to learn anything more about hashing, too.
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derek
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