AndyB Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Assuming I have a fairly normal, reasonably current, set up on a *nix server and it's shared hosting - approximately what's the maximum number of files I can have in any single directory? What's the maximum number of sub-directories I can have in any single directory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Well, technically, there is a limit, but it's rather unlikely that you reach that limit. According to the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#_note-0]Wikipedia article[/url] on the Ext3 filesystem, which is likely what your host uses, the limit is V/2^13 inodes, where V is the size of the volume in bytes.So, assuming you have 2GB of storage space, you can have a maximum of 262,144 inodes. (files and/or directories) This number is a grand total - there isn't a set restriction on files in a directory, or directories in a directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.