[snip] > Having a large number of files in a single directory does affect performance, > the degree of which depends on the filesystem.
This is generally accepted wisdom for dealing with large numbers of files - but what number is considered "large"? Any rules of thumb, for different OpSys/file systems? [/snip] I guess the situation I have had (various OS's) and numbers of items in the file(s) (upwards of 40k items) I have never encountered a degredation in performance that could be deemed noticeable. I could perform some file retrieval analysis to see time lags, and I am sure that there would be some dependent upon the file system (and OS), not to mention hardware factors, the most significant which comes to mind is hard-drive seek times. But as yet, none noticed... Jay *********************************************************** * Texas PHP Developers Conf Spring 2003 * * T Bar M Resort & Conference Center * * New Braunfels, Texas * * San Antonio Area PHP Developers Group * * Interested? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *********************************************************** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
