Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:58:17 -0700, Mike Bird wrote:
> On Sat April 24 2010 07:30:33 Camaleón wrote:
>> And wasn't *that* the limit the OP was asking about or I misunderstood
>> something? :-?
>
> OP wrote: "ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I
> hit that limit."
>
> As I demonstrated, ext3 can have 50000 files in a "folder" (directory).
> Or as many more as the filesystem has space for.
I thought the OP was asking about having a bunch of folders under the
same folder sub-level, but I maybe wrong.
> The 31998 subdirectories limit is rarely encountered because using a
> multi-level directory heirarchy is so much more efficient.
We still lack relevant information about the issue: we don't know why the
OP was asking for that neither if he reached that limit.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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