Re: Linux prefered for running Subversion : call for testimonials

Nathan Kidd wrote:
> Mike Brenner wrote:
>>> ... NTFS is slow to open many small files ...
>>
>> NTFS also slows down as the number of files
>> in one directory grows. Above a certain number
>> of files, NTFS runs slower than the time it
>> takes to compress and decompress the files,
>> according to timings from our lab.
>
> Yes, but according to the sharding tests I ran with a script from
> Malcolm Rowe's when he first added sharding, test script the effect for
> straight file opens doesn't occur till a much greater number of files
> exist (around 400K).
>
> See attached mail.
>

Do you know he had automatic short filename generation turned off?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210638

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Received on Wed Nov 14 18:00:13 2007