>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>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).
>>>
>>>The machine slows down greatly just while using the NT Explorer and eventually refuses to be connected to stations.
>>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>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.
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>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.
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>Anything seems suspicious in that ?
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>Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.
>
>Alex

Not at all. Are you running the explorer on the Server? Even with 1200 files, that's not very many. Are you running through a hub or a switch? 100MB or 10MB? What kind of network card(s)?