We are using Solaris UFS. On 28/07/2005, at 2:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:55:36PM +1000, Iain Pople wrote: > >> The concern is that on a unix filesystem it is very slow to access >> directories with thousands of entries. >> > > While I can't address your question directly, I can say that this > isn't an issue. Just use ReiserFS or set your ext2/3 filesystems to > use dir_index. Either one will give you hashed directory lookups and > resolve this performance issue. -- Iain Pople Systems Programmer University of Melbourne ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
