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Re^2: (OT) should i limit number of files in a directoryby leocharre (Priest) |
on Sep 11, 2008 at 16:27 UTC ( [id://710673]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I do have a database keeping track of sums and using ids. I am not using this system merely to check existance. The files actually hold something. Data that does not belong in a database, as it is. It makes sense what merlyn and other said about storing in a database. A million text files ranging in size from 1k to 486k etc.. would probably cripple a db system- it's too much of a variation.. maybe i'm wrong about that. There's no searching, no comparing, the size of each element is wildly varied... It feels like a fs thing..
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