On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Matt Dodson wrote:
Is this a bug or by design? Would there be a better filesystem to use for my situation?
I think it's a design issue, I don't think 1M files was not common when ext3 came out (1999). ReiserFS is said to be "fast with lots of small files", but as always: evaluate the fs before putting applications on it. FWIW, I've did a little test with ext3 and 0,1M/1M files on an already existing fs (rootfs of an existing FC6 installation):
http://nerdbynature.de/bits/2.6.18-mm3/ cheers, Christian. -- BOFH excuse #143: had to use hammer to free stuck disk drive heads. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users