>>Hi,
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>>A client of mine has the files of my app in an NT 4.0 server that has a very large number of files (over 50000). The server also has a lot of memory (256 MB).
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>>The machine slows down greatly just while using the NT Explorer and eventually refuses to be connected to stations.
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>>Does anybody know what is the maximum number of files that can exist in an NT disk or server, and if it can be modified?
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>>TIA,
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>>Alex
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>I doubt that's your problem (unless they're all in one folder). I've got 110K files on my server (P200 with 128MB) running W2K Server and it's quite acceptable for speed.

There are two top level directories. The one that concerns me has about 60 dirs, and each of those has about 120 files plus a directory with about 1200 files.

Anything seems suspicious in that ?

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.

Alex