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тАО07-17-2002 07:40 AM
тАО07-17-2002 07:40 AM
I fixed this end-users FTP problem by deleting
a lot of old big files. She had more files
in her directory than I thought possible.
We use QVT ver. 5.1.1 and telnet into our
server. I need to give my boss a technical
answer why she should clean up her files.
She also has way too many files and I am
trying to push her to create Directories and
sort all her files, but I am not having
much luck.She has several hundred files and
not one directory.
And she orginally told me that deleting the
files wouldn't fix the problem and it did...
So, having a technical boss...can I have
a good simple technical reason why folks
should not have too many files and why
using directories is good.
TIA,
Laurie
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тАО07-17-2002 07:50 AM
тАО07-17-2002 07:50 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
1) software limitations on the system
2) effectiveness/efficiency of the person
From a software point of view, there are limitations on the sheer number of files that can be handled in a directory. Some software will stop working when too many files are referenced at once. Other software will just get extremely slooooow, trying to handle the volume.
Second, the effectiveness of the person. If the person took all of their documents out of the file cabinet and folders, and put them in one giant pile, the information is still accessible. It just takes a hideously long time to *find* that information. Which is exactly what the user is doing in that one directory.
Good luck.
Tom
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тАО07-17-2002 07:51 AM
тАО07-17-2002 07:51 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
How's that for starters?
HTH
Marty
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тАО07-17-2002 08:00 AM
тАО07-17-2002 08:00 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
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тАО07-17-2002 08:02 AM
тАО07-17-2002 08:02 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
1- Neatness and manageable structure.
2- Reduce some localized limitation (eg: "arg list too long" error)
3- Depending on the limitation of the 3rd party software when it comes to handling these number of files.
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тАО07-17-2002 08:16 AM
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тАО07-17-2002 08:28 AM
тАО07-17-2002 08:28 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
I did a find in yahoo for your question here are some nice links :
Using Subject Directories - A Tutorial
... Because humans organize the websites in subject directories, you can
often find a good starting point if your topic is included. ...
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/subject.html
and
http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=why+using+directories+is+good.&hc=0&hs=0
Manoj Srivastava
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тАО07-17-2002 08:31 AM
тАО07-17-2002 08:31 AM
Re: Need Technical Answer to FTP Problem with too many files
a very simple reason ist that UN*X (all flavours of!) reads and writes directories always at once, i.e. in one piece. Hence every file she creates, renames, or deletes in that huge directory forces your kernel ro read and write the whole directory. If that happens often, your system will waste megabytes of diskbandwidth just for writing that directory, leaving no bandwidth for the rest (like your applications, your users, and such).
So, move her files into multiple (and hence smaller) subdirectories, then make her log off, "cd" to her home-dir's parent-dir, rename her home-dir to something else, create a new (and small) one and "mv" everything from her *old* home-dir to the new one. Care about her new home-dirs ownership and permissions, of course...
HTH,
Wodisch
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тАО07-17-2002 11:14 PM
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