10 million files on Redhat?

[Ali Erdinç Köroğlu]

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Hi,

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:46:53 -0700
Cabbar Duzayak <cabbar at gmail.com> wrote:

> And, my question is do you think Redhat can handle this many files? I
> will probably store them on a RAID 5 system, and of course I will
> partition them over 4 level of directories and one directory will
> contain at most (100 files) or (100 directories), but still, I am
> curios to know if Redhat can handle this?
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this many files on linux filesystems?
> Also, can you recommend which FS would be the best (in terms of
> reliability and/or speed) Any suggestions/feedback?

We setup a system and it has more than 1.000.000 banking transaction per day
we used Oracle 10g and as FS ext3. But your question's answer is hidden
in your hardware profile. RedHat Enterprise Linux can handle this but what
about your hardware and network?

Regards
Ali Erdinc Koroglu
http://www.prosoft.com.tr

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