From: suntrop@web.de Subject: Re: File limit inside a single directory Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:35:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: , <54DD0091.1050104@redhat.com> , <54DD0B7B.7020002@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.15.4]:49580 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751097AbbBLUfF convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:35:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <54DD0B7B.7020002@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Cool, that sounds good. Many thanks! =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > Thanks for your reply. I=E2=80=99m using CMS ProcessWire which would = create > about 500.000 folders for 500 users and 1.000.000 folders for 1000 > users (only in my case and with my setup). All inside one directory. > No Subfolders. The max filename length is 8 chars. I don=E2=80=99t kn= ow the > actual block size my provider chose but assuming 2k or 4k blocks what > limit would that sum to? 4k is the default... but w/ 8 chars and even 2k blocks, you can still get around 8 million entries. But again: I'm not sure where that will fall off for you performance-wi= se. -Eric =C2=A0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html