small file efficiency

small file efficiency

Posted Jul 7, 2006 2:01 UTC (Fri) by brian (subscriber, #6517)
Parent article: The 2006 Linux Filesystems Workshop (Part II)

I store a large number of small files (100s of 1000s of Maildirs). My concern regarding small files is speed rather than space.

Yes, using a minimum 4KB per email is a shame, but quick access to all those spams is far more important. Quick deletes are also important...

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