Mike Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:46:03 -0400:
>> Does it need to be tons and tons of small files, or can >> we get away with a set of larger files with some sort of header? > > Hmm, parsing that would be a more difficult task for my scripts (which > are just basic bash code doing some greps). Also, it seems like the many > small files are easier to maintain. I don't know enough about rsync to > know how it would affect efficiency, though. It's something I'll try > and look into further. Also keep in mind the effect of many small files on block oriented filesystems like ext2/3/4. Some of us use reiserfs or similar "compacting" filesystems where it matters little for our local copy of the tree, but not everybody does, and that file-per-block thing can make a sizable difference on small files in quantity. FWIW I prefer the small files for ease of adm. as well, but just sayin'. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
