Hi Ivan,

Firstly I'm sorry that I haven't clearly explain my situation.
I would like to know if that 2K-4K limit is applied to only a single layer 
of directories.

For example, the path is /coda/layer1/layer2/layer3. Is it the limit on the 
number of entires in layer1 is 2k - 4k, including those under layer2 and 
layer3? Or those under layer2 and layer3 are excluded?

Best regards,
Alvin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Popov" <pin_at_medic.chalmers.se>
To: "Alvin Chan" <alvin.chan_at_primecreation.com>
Cc: <codalist_at_coda.cs.cmu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: A question on coda limitations


>> >http://coda.wikidev.net/Limitations
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 09:15:38AM +0800, Alvin Chan wrote:
>> Actually I've read that before. I just can't get the meaning about the
>> directory size. Does it mean the limitation on number of entries stand
>> between 2048 - 4096?
>
> Hi Alvin,
>
> a directory consists of bytes stored somewhere (in the "recoverable
> virtual memory") and there is a size limit in bytes.
>
> As an entry in a directory can take different number of bytes depending,
> say, on the length of the corresponding object name, you can not easily
> recalculate the size limit in bytes into size limit in entries.
>
> The rule of thumb to rely on would be the numbers indicated in the Wiki,
> 2-4K entries per directory.
>
> Hope it clears a possible confusion.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Ivan
>
>