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Re^2: (OT) should i limit number of files in a directoryby leocharre (Priest) |
on Sep 11, 2008 at 16:38 UTC ( [id://710675]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Ah! Very interesting point.. the extra inode metadata! I didn't even consider that waste.. This is something that could indeed ammount to something with that many data chunks! Some of it could be useful, mtime, atime, ctime- could have use.. indeed, for trash collection and update purposes- possibly. I have 3 million files because I'm tracking documents in an office environment- for a buncha users who do bureaucratic work fo tha man. So.. there are a lot of freaking pdfs, docs, "excel spreddshits", hard copy doc scans... etc. A lot. I'm indexing everything about everything, runnig ocr and deet on every speck of junk here... Makes evyerbody's life easier and way more interesting.
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