Michael Herman wrote:
> I would assume to balance the number of lower level
directories in
> each directory.
>
> This would prevent extremely large directories from
forming based on
> more common initial letters etc.
>
> By ensuring that large directories are not formed, you
reduce the
> potential for performance impacts when reading the
inodes etc.
>
> Rgds,
>
> mgh
That is correct, a lot of entries in a directory can have a
very big
impact on access times.
Regards,
Stuart
>
> On 10/29/07, webmaster 1usa.com <webmaster 1usa.com> wrote:
>>
>> Domains cannot have duplicate customer accounts.
>> What's the purpose of the hash directories? i.e.
>> /mbox/1usa.net/bf/jg/user/
>>
>> BarryZ
>>
>
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