ReiserFS : what are the limits ?

[garbage]

Anyone know what are the practical limits for # of files in a directory
under ReiserFS ?

I have several directories with over 10,000 files, when will it shit
itself?

Thx

[Mark - bvh]

Hi there,

see http://colalug.org/ml-archive/0209/msg00077.html
some lines:

There are essentially two places where any restriction might be
enforced. The first is in the generic kernel code for creating a
file. From my reading of the code there is no limit there. The second
place is in the code that is specific to the filesystem type, i.e. ext2,
ext3, vfat, etc. There seems to be no restriction for ext2 or ext3
filesystems.

There are practical (i.e. performance) limits as well. The time it takes
to find, add or delete a file grows with directory size (and it may be
non-linear. Shell expansion of metacharacters can result in lists that
exceed the maximum size of arguments permitted to a command.

Greetzzz, Mark

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[Mark - bvh]

Hi there,

Another answer on the net:

http://www.namesys.com/faq.html#reiserfsspecs

Greetzzz, Mark

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[Andreas Steffen]

>>Anyone know what are the practical limits for # of files in a directory
>>under ReiserFS ?
>>
>>I have several directories with over 10,000 files, when will it shit
>>itself?

Absolutely not. Reiserfs' major claim to fame is its ability to deal
efficiently with directories containing 100,000+ files. 10,000 shouldn't
be any trouble at all.

Andreas

[garbagedisposal]

Thanks Andreas.

Chris