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From: Paul (KC9EYE) on 24 Apr 2010 06:40
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:43:27AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ext3 can have only 32000 files/folders under a folder and I hit that limit.
> Which file system can I use to over come it?
> I am planning for JFS
>
> Does anybody has any recommendations?

You are stating that you believe there to be a 32000 number limit for files per
folder using the ext3 filesystem. One user has demonstrated that there is no
limit to file creation other than storage space to hold those files. This is
of coarse under 1 directory. However, other references have been given to an
article stating that there is a limit to the amount of directories that an
ext3 filesystem is capable of supporting.
As another user has stated, is there a specific error or problem you can post
to make your question more clear. Have you reached the limit of directories?
Perhaps then you should consider another organizational tool for the data.

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From: Tzafrir Cohen on 26 Apr 2010 09:10
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 07:17:22AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote:

> In English the slash is understood to mean "or". There is no limit of
> 32000 files or folders under a folder in ext3.
>
> There is a limit of 31998 directories under a directory. This is caused by
> the ext3 hard link count limit being 32000. Two links are needed for the
> parent directory entry and the current directory's ".", leaving only
> 31998 links available for ".." links from subdirectories.
>
> This limit is rarely encountered in practice because it is so much more
> efficient to use multiple directory levels, e.g.:
>
> parent-
> a-
> able
> alf
> b-
> beta
> bravo

Hmm... what happens if you have a program that behaves that way, but
suddenly needs to start also using Chinese characters? :-)

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