> I'm not sure about the 8GB part, but there is reported > (though I've never tested to confirm this) to be a limit > to the number of files allowed in a single directory. > From some website that came up when I googled: "in windows > 2000 you can't have more than 19,640 files in a folder."
This isn't true. I've had folders on my laptop with 50,000 files in them. I have no idea what the actual maximum number is (a good NTFS 5 reference would mention this, I'm sure), but I imagine it's very large. However, I wouldn't recommend doing this, as a general rule. You will probably see performance degradation when you perform some operations. For example, I couldn't browse that folder using the Windows Explorer GUI. From a command prompt, I could select a specific file if I knew its name, but if I asked for a list, that too would take a long time. > And a Microsoft TechNet article on the subject (tangentially): > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/tec > hnet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp > (watch the wrap) That's a good link. According to the article, the maximum number of files in an NTFS volume is 4,294,967,295 (2^32 minus 1 file). Now that's a lot of files! It doesn't list how many can be within a single directory, but reading the document in its entirety, it seems to imply that the maximum is the same as for the entire volume - it does list maximum numbers for FAT32 and FAT16 directories, and mentions that if you have more than 300,000 files within an NTFS directory, you should disable 8.3 name generation (which is generally a good idea on servers anyway). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
