Re: [PLUG] File System Directory Limits

[Tim Allen <flipper@peregrinesalon.com>]

Sheesh, sounds like its tmie to get an OpenSolaris box. I'd heard of
ZFS but never checked out the specs... guess we don't need any more
file systems any time soon.

Regards,

-Tim

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Hector Castro<hectcastro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim:
>
> ZFS allows for 2^48 entries in any individual directory --
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS.
>
> --
> Hector Castro
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 16:17, Tim Allen <flipper@peregrinesalon.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting problem here.
>>
>> We're trying to replicate what the SEC does (don't ask).
>> Unfortunately, this somehow involved creating upwards of 100,000
>> subdirectories in a root directory.
>>
>> UFS limits us at 32k, NetApp at 64k. If we were designing this, yes,
>> we'd want to come up with a better scheme or hash things out, but it
>> really is essential we replicate their set up for the closest
>> simulation.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a file system that can handle upwards of 100,000
>> sub-directories in root?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Tim
>>
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