[windows2000] Re: large number of files in folder, slow lan a ccess
- From: Richard Hopper <Richard.Hopper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:49:44 +0100
It is part of an automated dataprocessing / manufacturing system. Getting a
redesigned / mod done is not out of the question, but the dev team have
bigger priorities right now.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Walls [mailto:k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 October 2002 16:37
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: large number of files in folder, slow lan
access
Richard Hopper wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a NT4 server which has a few folders with a fairly large
> number of files. 4000, or 12000 say. Most of the files are fairly small <
> 16K. Browsing through these folders is painfully slow. The server is
not
> heavily loaded by any means. Is there anything I can do to improve this.
> The server is a 333Mhz PII with 256meg of ram. with over 180 megs of ram
> available.
Off hand I would think about better organization of the directory structure.
Do you really need to have 12,000 files in the same directory? I can assure
you that if I had to wade through thousands of files in a directory listing
to pick the one I want to work on, that would get old REAL FAST.
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