Re: Different types of filesystems (was: Re: small blocks or more inodes?)
> From: Rogerio Brito <rbrito@iname.com>
>
> 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. ...
>
> 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).
No, I don't think that's the "right" solution. That's a workaround
for poor performance in the file system. The right solution probably
would be for the file system to handle it so users (application
programs) don't have to.
Daniel
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