Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/13/07 15:42

Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Also, see how much space they take. Unless they're
>> each a multiple of 512 bytes, you'll get a lot of wasted space.
>
> Certain filesystems (e.g. ReiserFS and JFS) use block suballocation
> allowing multiple files or part-files to share the same block, which
> makes the storage of many small files very efficient.
>

Toby,

Yes, I understand. But there's still a larger amount of overhead in
those filesystems than there is with a database - even with an index.

Additionally, how many hosting companies are using ReiserFS and/or JFS?

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