>>>>>>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.
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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.
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>>>>Alex
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>>>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)?
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>>Thanks. When the explorer is run on the server and you open the topmost directory in the left panel and page down in the right panel, it is very slow. With other directories the problem is not as severe. When connection is made from a terminal the slow process described above completely freezes the terminal.
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>>Could it be a problem with the disk? I am not sure it has ever been defragmented. They seem to have left for the day. Tomorrow I am going to suggest copying files in another disk to that that possibility.
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>>Thank you for your help.
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>>Alex
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>Disk sub-system is always a possibility. My 110K files are spread across 3 disks, but I do have several folders that contain over 4K files with no problems (one has 6500). I do remember the NT4 server slowing way down if you opened too many instances of Explorer, but not having problems with a single folder.
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>Defragging may help, especially if it's never been done. I've heard, but never experienced, that if NT4 gets too fragmented, it won't even boot!

Thanks. I located them and am leaving now.

Alex