Slow response in Windows Explorer Window

[Yarnton, Tom ISC]

Yes it is possible to reorg some of the directories, particularily the
converted plans. COMS would also have to be rewritten to space out file
locations. 

Can the 8.3 notation be turned off ? We do not need backward compatibility.

Can case insensitivity be turned off ? Almost all of our file names are
numbers eg. 12123_12133.

We appreciate the assistance,

	Tom Yarnton, Senior Project Manager 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gerald (Jerry) Carter [SMTP:jerry at samba.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:54 AM
> To:	Brentnell, Greg ISC
> Cc:	'samba at lists.samba.org'; Miller, Greg ISC; Yarnton, Tom ISC; Leach,
> Guy ISC
> Subject:	Re: Slow response in Windows Explorer Window
> 
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Brentnell, Greg ISC wrote:
> 
> > When I do an NT map to the drive share, and then browse it with windows
> > explorer, it takes around 20 to 30 seconds to show the information in
> the
> ....
> > This directory has over 13,000 files, with the smallest being 43K and
> the
>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > largest being 4M.  The average is around 150Kb.
> 
> That's why.  Remember that smbd has to generate 8.3 filenames
> and perform case insensitive matching.
> 
> 
> Any chance of reorganizing your directory structure?
> 
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> 
> cheers, jerry
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