On Tue, 12 Sep 2017, Michael wrote:
Paul, Russel,
Both of you have used relative terms in describing sizes.
What is small-ish?
What is VERY LARGE?
Please describe in terms file count, aggregate size of data, or
other metrics.
The big caveat is that said metrics are somewhat hardware-dependent.
The greater the amount of system RAM, the quicker various checksum and
inode calculations can be made. With fast SSDs, all sorts of
operations go faster. Ditto with low-latency I/O or network
connections.
When I mentioned a "small-ish directory tree," I was thinking of no
more than an couple GB in aggregate size, no complex hard-linking, and
files numbering in the dozens or hundreds (not tens of thousands). For
hardware, I had in mind a typical home PC, not an extreme gamer unit
or a well-appointed enterprise server.
If nothing else it will provide some humor in the future. "They
considered that VERY LARGE? hahahaha" "small-ISH? it's less than a
disk block, that's tiny."
Sad but true...
--
Paul Heinlein
heinl...@madboa.com
45°38' N, 122°6' W
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