How many maximum files per directory on CentOS 5 64bit or Linux RedHat 64bit?

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Now, I have any 20,000 files in single directory. How many maximum files per directory on CentOS 64bit ext3?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '09 at 06:29

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The number of files in a directory is limited primarily by the maximum file size, divided by the size of a directory entry. As the maximum file size is in the terabytes range, there is no practical limit on a directory size. Depending on what ext3 features you use, performance may degenerate as the directory grows larger.

There is a limit of 32000 subdirectories.

answered Oct 22 '09 at 06:29

Martin v. Löwis

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In redhat 5 using ext3 with the limit of ((32K - 2)) on centos 7 with ext3 I don't see this problem – c4f4t0r Sep 09 '15 at 13:01

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466521/how-many-files-in-a-directory-is-too-many

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Oct 22 '09 at 06:26

Vladislav Rastrusny

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How many maximum files per directory on CentOS 5 64bit or Linux RedHat 64bit?

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