Re: Large number of files in a directory

From: Wesley Joyce (wjoyce_at_UVI.EDU)
Date: 03/27/04

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    Date:         Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:44:33 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Create a JFS2 based file system.

    also try defragfs

    At 03:00 PM 3/27/2004, you wrote:

    >Hello,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
    >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
    >
    > We are experiencing a performance degradation when we have to manage a
    > directory with a large number of files (say, 20,000). I suppose this
    > happens because the file system has to make a linear lookup into the
    > directory to find a file name.
    >
    > Is there anything to tune to improve performance?
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    >
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