[CentOS] files in a directory limitation

Tue Oct 17 17:22:10 UTC 2006
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at darkover.org>

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On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 12:59:56PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> Just curious but is there a limitation on the number of files in a
> directory? I am using ext3.
> 
> I'm not concerned about file size just the number of files.

I don't think there is actually a hardcoded limit, but I'm not sure.
I can say for certain that 20000 files will work, but that is as
high as I ever got.

I can also say for certain that having that many file on a single
directory is slow as hell, and would never do it again.

[]s

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Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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