Large number of files in windows-based directories was killer. I can not remembe...

		bhouston on June 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: The site was offline. What changed? Large number of files in windows-based directories was killer. I can not remember the full details as it was years ago but once you went above 10,000 files or 20,000 files performance just died in Windows. It was because a bunch of the main API calls for accessing files in directories were inefficient I believe.

I agree on Windows (esp when using a GUI), but HN does not host on Windows.