Large number of files in a directory

From: Edson Noboru Yamada (eyamada@DIVEO.NET.BR)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 14:00:56 EST

Hello,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 We are experiencing a performance degradation when we have to manage a directory with a large number of files (say, 20,000). I suppose this happens because the file system has to make a linear lookup into the directory to find a file name.

 Is there anything to tune to improve performance?

 Thanks

 

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