Pete Jewell wrote: > However, ReiserFS is *much* more efficient when you have thousands of > files in one directory, because it uses a hashing algorithm to determine > where the required file is (or starts) in the filesystem. This is > something I know about (hashing) based on my experience with Pick > database systems, which also use hashing and are incredibly fast at > keyed record retrieval (as well as entire file/table traversal).
There's a blast from the past. I did too much work with Pick databases... I managed not to learn anything more about hashing, too. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]