[SunHELP] # of files per directory

[Jon]

Nicholas Dronen wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 09:56:07AM -0700, Jon wrote:
>
>>Does anybody know how many files/directories are allowed per directory 
>>under Solaris 8?
>>
>
>IIRC, you can put as many files in a directory as the free
>space in the filesystem will allow.  However, because directories
>aren't indexed at all (that is, a search for a file in a directory
>is linear), the amount of time it takes to find a file in a directory
>is directly proportional to the number of files in the directory
>itself.  It is wise to train your developers to design their
>application's directory and file heirarchy with this limitation
>in mind.
>
>The Ext2 filesystem on Linux is in the process of getting directory
>indexing, which makes such searches take considerably less time; I
>wouldn't be surprised were UFS to follow suit, if Sun isn't working
>on it already.
>
>Regards,
>
>Nicholas Dronen
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Thanks, Nicholas. That's the answer I was expecting :)

Jon