[NTLUG:Discuss] Question 2

[Mike Hart]

> Question 2:
> 
> Using KDE, when I open up a local, nfs or smb
> mounted directory that has 500 gigs or more of
> files, it takes an exceptionally long time (up to
> minutes) for the KDE window to refresh and display
> the contents of the directory.  I am not sure what
> is going on.  When I open the same directory using
> MACOSX or Windows, it doesn't seem to take as long. 
> It certainly doesn't take as long using MACOSX.  Has
> anyone else witnessed this issue?  Any thoughts on
> how to resolve it?  I have seen this on redhat and
> slackware based boxes using KDE 3.5.  I am using the
> EXT3 filesystem.

I find that I slower access times on directories that
have lots of activity... That is directories that have
many files added and deleted at different times,
rather than just X number of files causes slow
display. (EXT3 keeps histories, remember).  If this is
the case for your big directory, If you occassionally
MOVE all the files to a different directory and then
rename the directory, you should see exponentially
faster access times. 

Also, if you are using a graphic file browser, make
sure you have the sorting set to filename A-Z before
you switch to this directory.  Your issue may be with
a poor sorting algorythm in the file browser and not
so much the file system. 


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