max number of files on ext2 ext3?

tim1235 · 10-14-2004, 08:41 PM

Is there a limit on the number of files you can have on the filesystem?

Is there a limit on the number of files that you can have in one directory?

Thanks,

Berto · 10-14-2004, 10:27 PM

I'm pretty sure there ain't. But why, what did you do?

tim1235 · 10-14-2004, 10:37 PM

I have directories already with 40000+ files (on a sun box) and already there are problems such as I cannot do an ls due to the sheer number of files and I get "error core dumped".

The files are all there and I can access them individually i.e cat file1

Now I have half a million files to create and put in a directory and I was wondering if I would run into trouble.

Haiyadragon · 10-15-2004, 02:23 AM

From what I've heard (I concider myself a noob still) ext2 and ext3 are heavily outdated. Try using a better filesystem like ReiserFS.

r0b0 · 10-15-2004, 04:14 AM

Ext2/3 are not outdated. But reiserfs is indeed a better choice for lots of small files because it handles these situations in a more effective way then ext2/3.

tim1235 · 10-17-2004, 06:11 PM

Unfortunatly this is a production server and it is not possible to reformat them as ReiserFS. Unless there is a way to change the file system without destroying data?

What are the benifits of RieserFS vs ext2/3?

How may files/directories can they handle?

Thanks,