[openbeos] Re: Max number of files on BFS?

Axel Dörfler wrote on Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:41:08 +0200 CEST:
> In any way, the real problem of BFS is fragmentation - even if it does 
> a pretty good job when positioning files and their data, B+tree 
> fragmentation is also a problem (and BFS has nothing to fix that - if 
> you have a directory with thousands of files and then delete all files, 
> the B+tree size will not be cut down). An intelligent grouping of data 
> and defragmentation tool could do wonder. It would all already exist if 
> I wouldn't need to write Haiku :)

We just have to port Reiser4!  By the way, there's a big argument on the 
mailing lists with the Linux guys right now about files as directories.  
Fildirutes strike again!

- Alex

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