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Only I am not sure EXT3 would perform better than EXT2. They are the same except for EXT3 has a journal file over the top of EXT2. <br />
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EXT4 is a different story and it can support so many files and perform faster than EXT3 so I suggest you to use EXT4. <br />
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Cheers,<br />
K.
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Only I am not sure EXT3 would perform better than EXT2. They are the same except for EXT3 has a journal file over the top of EXT2.

EXT4 is a different story and it can support so many files and perform faster than EXT3 so I suggest you to use EXT4.

Cheers,
K.

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I need to store about ten thousand files on a Linux web server. &nbsp;The web path to the files will be stored in a database. &nbsp;Would it be best for performance to place all the images in a single directory or would it be better to place them in randomly named sub-directories with less files in each sub-directory? &nbsp;
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I need to store about ten thousand files on a Linux web server.  The web path to the files will be stored in a database.  Would it be best for performance to place all the images in a single directory or would it be better to place them in randomly named sub-directories with less files in each sub-directory?  

Linux: Large Directories and Performance

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.