5000 Folders in a directory

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Subject: 5000 Folders in a directory
From: "Chris" <chris2014@postbox.xyz>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:13:23 +0100
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Dear All,

is it possible to save 5000 folders in the same directory (ext4 FS)
without any performance issues?

It's a Maildir structure with a .-separator, e.g.

/var/vmail/public/folder1
/var/vmail/public/folder1.subfolder1a
/var/vmail/public/folder1.subfolder1b
...

Would it be better to use "real" subfolders with / as separator?

- Chris

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