Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:33:06 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Philip Murray" <webmaster@open2view.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Many directories or many files? Message-ID: <004901c10d64$f8e173a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <002101c10d27$d69b1d60$0300a8c0@sparlak>
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Perhaps a lot of directories and a mysql database that listed a description of the file and a directory location and filename would fit the bill. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Philip Murray >Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 5:15 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Many directories or many files? > > >Hi, > >I have a large library of photos (>100,000, Real Estate) and at the moment >I'm storing them in a big dump split up by a few directories. > >I'm getting to the point where I have ~8000 files per directory. I was >wondering whether I should write some kind of hashing function and have lots >and lots of directories, or whether it's best to have more files per >directory? > >Also, if anyone knows of a Free image/media storage system that I can use, >that would be wonderful. > >I also looked into storing them in a mysql database, but I'm pretty sure it >couldn't handle it. > >Cheers > >-------------------------------- - -- - - - >Philip Murray - webmaster@open2view.com >http://www.open2view.com - Open2View.com >------------- - -- - - > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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