It is still better than one folder with 20,000 files. Where the operating system has a problem in my experience is with one folder and a very large number of files in that one folder.
Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203) 643-8022 From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:16 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Saving Scanned Docs Hi Emmitt If you had C:\ScanFolder\JohnSmith\ with 4-5 files C:\ScanFolder\BillyJoe\ with 4-5 files ... ... for say 5,000 customers / sub directories will that still bog it down since there are 5000 folders and 20,000 files under the main folder ScanFolder ? Thanks for all the help Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: Emmitt Dove <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:56 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Saving Scanned Docs Marc, Part of the problem is that when a Windows folder gets over some large number of files, say 16,000 or more, the operating system's directory search function - which all programs use - starts to bog down. Keeping the number of files in a given folder to a manageable number can only help performance, not to mention programmer sanity when trying to find something or diagnose a problem. Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203) 643-8022 From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 3:35 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Saving Scanned Docs Frank How were you retrieving the scanned files when it was slow? I am using a File List box and double clicking on the file. I am worried my users do not know enough about computers to save the file in the correct customer folder. Thanks for the help Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Taylor <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:50 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Saving Scanned Docs Marc, We are scanning up to 5000 documents for our customers per month. Each one does have a unique identifier, but when we used to hold them in one folder we found speed in retrieving them was getting very slow. We now break them down by month/year and put them in the respective folder of their creation date. Since then things have gotten much faster and easier to pull up. So I would recommend some sort of breakdown scheme to store them into different folders. n Frank Frank Taylor - Information Systems Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:07 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Saving Scanned Docs HI I need to save about 4-6 scanned documents for about 5,000 customers Would it be better to create a folder for each customer such as c:\Scanned Files\Cust 123\ c:\Scanned Files\Cust 124\ c:\Scanned Files\Cust 125\ or Have all the scanned files in one folder ? Any suggestions on how to orginize 30,000 scanned files? I remember years ago there were limits to the number of files per folder but I have not heard anything about that the last few years Thanks Marc _______________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by PAETEC Email Scanning Services, utilizing MessageLabs proprietary SkyScan infrastructure. If you need assistance, please contact the Systems Administrator, Frank Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 617-790-3093. ** REMEMBER NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF IT'S CONTENT AND SENDER ** _______________________________________________________________________
