Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:57:30 -0800 (PST) From: Shashi Joshi <shashi_kant_joshi@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, lowell@world.std.com Subject: filesystem question Message-ID: <20001106145730.23056.qmail@web6104.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, What is the limit on number of files/dir/subsirs on a filesystem? Does creating/deleting temp files on a FS stress it too much, is bad for it, canm cause disk errors? e.g. If I have a flat file database which may result in a few thousand files on a FS, (say 5 files per user), and will also result in creating deleting and of course read/write of files. On the other hand, if I install MySql or some other database, then I have only say 10-20 files (including index files) and now the traffic passes through the database thread. I mean instead of reading the OS files directly, the web page will cause a DB query, which will pass file contents (data) to it. Which one is better/How do they compare? Thanks, Shashi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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