Posted by Chung Leong on 09/28/42 11:52

TW wrote:
> Perhaps read operations don't suffer as much (or at all) as writes.
> I've seen qmail fill a folder with 100,000+ files. Read access times
> were just fine.

That folder might be mounted on something more advanced like ReiserFS.

In any event, it's worth remember that at the end of the day, the image
file has to be sent across the Internet. Network latency will eat up
what little you gain.

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