Re: [PHP] Image library

, as 1 images >>in a single directory might slow down access to those images in the >>filesystem, or not so? >> >>Thanks for your input. >> >>Regards >> >>-Scott >> >> >>>-Original Message- >>>From: DL Neil [mailto:

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o? > > Thanks for your input. > > Regards > > -Scott > >> -Original Message- >> From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library >> >>

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[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 s

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> 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

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On Thursday 22 August 2002 00:35, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > ... but surely one should store files across directories, as 1 images > in a single directory might slow down access to those images in the > filesystem, or not so? > [/snip] > > Not really. The server really does not care where

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[snip] ... but surely one should store files across directories, as 1 images in a single directory might slow down access to those images in the filesystem, or not so? [/snip] Not really. The server really does not care where the files are and no performance would be lost. Jay *

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hanks for your input. > > Regards > > -Scott > > > -Original Message- > > From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library > > > >

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mages in the filesystem, or not so? Thanks for your input. Regards -Scott > -Original Message- > From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu > Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library > > > Scott (confirm

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same file(?) > > Is there a better way of doing this? > > > > Cheers > > > > -Scott > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: 21 August 2002 03:25 > >>To: [

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l, the only time you should overwrite a > file is if you upload the exact same file(?) > Is there a better way of doing this? > > Cheers > > -Scott > > >>-Original Message- >>From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: 21 August 2002 03:2

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that helps - but I thought I'd share my experience. Michael. -Original Message- From: Scott Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 14:39 To: Justin French; PHP General Subject: RE: [PHP] Image library Hi all. This confirms what I suspected. The hash algrithm:

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file(?) Is there a better way of doing this? Cheers -Scott > -Original Message- > From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 August 2002 03:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library > > > on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott

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on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott Houseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Which way would be the most efficient/fastest to access images from an image > library. > A) Store image files in a hash directory structure AND storing each file's > information in a mysql table > OR > B) Storing image information