Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:17:22 -0700, Mike Bird wrote:

> On Sat April 24 2010 07:00:37 Camaleón wrote:
>> Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure
>> the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read
>>                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> that in a correctly manner, it says something about *folders under a
>> folder*... I hope "subdirectories = folders" is still valid.
> 
> Hi Camaleón,
> 
> In English the slash is understood to mean "or".  

Yes, I know. Also in Spanish :-)

> There is no limit of 32000 files or folders under a folder in ext3.

Uh? :-?
 
> There is a limit of 31998 directories under a directory.  

Uh? :-?

And "directory = folder", isnt't it?

> This is caused by the ext3 hard link count limit being 32000.  Two 
> links are needed for the parent directory entry and the current > 
directory's ".", leaving only
> 31998 links available for ".." links from subdirectories.
> 
> This limit is rarely encountered in practice because it is so much more
> efficient to use multiple directory levels, e.g.:
> 
> parent-
>   a-
>     able
>     alf
>   b-
>     beta
>     bravo

And wasn't *that* the limit the OP was asking about or I misunderstood 
something? :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón