samba 2.07 performance - large num files in dir

[Greg Marion]

I was just wondering if the issue with having a large number of files in
a
dir with regard to performance is fixed in a release of samba beyond
2.07? Or - how can I avoid this problem of samba searching through
all the files in a dir when a new file is being created. Samba 2.07
helps,
buy once it's cache is overrun then performance starts to lag. Here is
a snip from the samba log file:

[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 3] smbd/trans2.c:(1345)
  call_trans2qfilepathinfo: TRANSACT2_QPATHINFO: level = 257
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 5] smbd/filename.c:(329)
  unix_convert called on file "\Team\Shared\dummy.dat"
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 3] lib/util.c:(522)
  unix_clean_name [/Team/Shared/dummy.dat]
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 5] smbd/mangle.c:(338)
  Checking dummy.dat for 8.3
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 5] smbd/filename.c:(436)
  unix_convert begin: name = Team/Shared/dummy.dat, dirpath =
Team/Shared, start
 = dummy.dat
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2430)
  is_in_path: .
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2435)
  is_in_path: no name list.
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2430)
  is_in_path: ..
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2435)
  is_in_path: no name list.
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2430)
  is_in_path: Part1_0048.prt
[2001/03/30 16:21:25, 8] lib/util.c:(2435)
  is_in_path: no name list.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!