Different types of filesystems (was: Re: small blocks or more inodes?)
On Dec 13 2000, Colin Watson wrote:
> Note, though, that ext2fs' linear directory searching makes it a
> poor choice for anything involving large numbers of entries in a
> single directory. If that's necessary, I understand ext3fs and/or
> reiserfs are better at this.
AFAIK, ext3 is just ext2 + journalling and wouldn't help with
the huge number of files. OTOH, reiserfs may be what the
original poster needs. I've been using it here with very good
results (although I don't have tons of small files in only one
directory).
BTW, the "right" solution to thousands of small files would be
to hash them with some levels of directories (if possible --
i.e., if you have the source code of the application).
[]s, Roger...
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