On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 11:51:42PM -0400, Sergio Pereira wrote: > I'm trying to know how big the tree can be using ext3 on linux > redhat 9.0. How many files can I have in the same directory? is > there any limit for that? Not really, as far as absolute limits are concerned. The entire directory must be smaller than 2 gigabytes. That being said, unless you are using a kernel with the new (and somewhat experimental) htree extensions, there is a performance penalty with bigger directories, so depending on how often you are accessing or scanning the large directory, you may be happier if you use a bushier tree and avoid directories with a huge number of entries. (i.e., something like /afs/athena/user/t/y/tytso, /afs/athena/h/a/hartmans, etc.) - Ted _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
