I do have a database keeping track of sums and using ids.

I am not using this system merely to check existance. The files actually hold something. Data that does not belong in a database, as it is.

It makes sense what merlyn and other said about storing in a database.
Let's not forget that the filesystem *is* a form of database system. It's a data storage discipline.
Some things are more appropriate on a fs then a db server.

A million text files ranging in size from 1k to 486k etc.. would probably cripple a db system- it's too much of a variation.. maybe i'm wrong about that.

There's no searching, no comparing, the size of each element is wildly varied... It feels like a fs thing..

In reply to Re^2: (OT) should i limit number of files in a directory by leocharre
in thread (OT) should i limit number of files in a directory by leocharre

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