Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-06-04 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> Siju George : >since ext4 also has a limit No, ext4 has not this limit. The wikipedia article [1] is wrong. Read [2]: Right now the maximum possible number of sub directories contained in a single directory in Ext3 is 32000. Ext4 breaks that limit and allows a unlimited number of sub directorie

[OT] Proof pudding (was: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?)

2010-04-26 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 02:15:21PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > and the proof is in the pudding ;-) Actually, the etymology of that phrase is really interesting, because if you think about it, unless it's an alcoholised pudding, there's no proof. The full saying is: "The proof of the pudding i

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/26/2010 07:58 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 07:17:22AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > >> In English the slash is understood to mean "or". There is no limit of >> 32000 files or folders under a folder in ext3. >> >> There is a limit of 31998 directories under a directory. Th

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-26 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Seg, 26 Abr 2010, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 07:17:22AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: This limit is rarely encountered in practice because it is so much more efficient to use multiple directory levels, e.g.: parent- a- able alf b- beta bravo Hmm... what happ

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 07:17:22AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > In English the slash is understood to mean "or". There is no limit of > 32000 files or folders under a folder in ext3. > > There is a limit of 31998 directories under a directory. This is caused by > the ext3 hard link count limit bei

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-25 Thread Siju George
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. > Hi, Sorry for the ambiguity. by files/folders I meant the number of objects inside a directory. But Mike showed there is no such limit for files/folders a

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mike Bird wrote: On Fri April 23 2010 21:13:27 Siju George wrote: ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? I am planning for JFS Does anybody has any recommendations? There is no such limit. ext3 can handle as ma

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:58:17 -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > On Sat April 24 2010 07:30:33 Camaleón wrote: >> And wasn't *that* the limit the OP was asking about or I misunderstood >> something? :-? > > OP wrote: "ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I > hit that limit." > > As I

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat April 24 2010 07:30:33 Camaleón wrote: > And wasn't *that* the limit the OP was asking about or I misunderstood > something? :-? OP wrote: "ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit." As I demonstrated, ext3 can have 5 files in a "folder" (directory). O

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:24:04 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 24 April 2010 15:00:37 Camaleón wrote: >> Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure >> the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read >>                                 ^^

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:17:22 -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > On Sat April 24 2010 07:00:37 Camaleón wrote: >> Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure >> the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read >> ^^

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 April 2010 15:00:37 Camaleón wrote: > Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure > the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read >                                 ^^ > that in a correctly manner, it says somethi

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat April 24 2010 07:00:37 Camaleón wrote: > Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure > the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read > ^^ > that in a correctly manner, it says something ab

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:46:45 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 24 April 2010 09:16:46 Camaleón wrote: >> Note that "The max number of subdirectories in one directory is fixed >> to 32000." >> >> ¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3 > > The article to which you link refers to subdirectories. The O

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 April 2010 09:16:46 Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:03:57 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 04/23/2010 11:13 PM, Siju George wrote: > >> ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that > >> limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? I am planning

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Paul (KC9EYE)
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:43:27AM +0530, Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. > Which file system can I use to over come it? > I am planning for JFS > > Does anybody has any recommendations? You are stating that you believe the

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Siju George put forth on 4/23/2010 11:13 PM: > Hi, > > ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. > Which file system can I use to over come it? > I am planning for JFS > > Does anybody has any recommendations? It's odd that you're leaning towards JFS, when XFS i

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:03:57 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/23/2010 11:13 PM, Siju George wrote: >> ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that >> limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? I am planning for >> JFS >> >> Does anybody has any recommendations? >

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/23/2010 11:13 PM, Siju George wrote: Hi, ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? I am planning for JFS Does anybody has any recommendations? Since Mike Bird has demonstrated your erroneous claim, plz show

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-23 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri April 23 2010 21:13:27 Siju George wrote: > ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. > Which file system can I use to over come it? > I am planning for JFS > > Does anybody has any recommendations? There is no such limit. ext3 can handle as many files per

Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-23 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> Siju George : >Hi, >ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that >limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? >I am planning for JFS >Does anybody has any recommendations? ext4 is unlimited. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 is wrong in the section "Break 32,000

overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?

2010-04-23 Thread Siju George
Hi, ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit. Which file system can I use to over come it? I am planning for JFS Does anybody has any recommendations? Thanks --Siju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr