Hi folks,
So I've got a script which does some MAJOR file processing.
Its function: bounce processing, and boy do I have bounces
to process. I'm talking like upwards of 100K bounces a day.
My main problem is transporting these files. Here's the
deal:
I use qmail and therefore use the maildir format. Now,
before I actually parse the bounces, I seperate them out
according to some header information. So far so good.
Problem, I need to move these according to header to a
certain directory. Now I've read various numbers that UNIX
in general is not so happy when you overpopulate a
directory. I've read that you should try to manage your
directories so that there are less than 100 files per
directory. (I've also heard 1000....which is it?)
In terms of performance sacrifice, can someone please
clarify what happens when you stuff too many files in a
directory (in terms of read/write performance)?
Thank you very much,
Thomas
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