[Box Backup-commit] #8: Improve handling of directories with many files

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Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:31:39 -0000


#8: Improve handling of directories with many files
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 Reporter:  martin         |       Owner:      
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new 
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  0.20
Component:  box libraries  |     Version:  0.10
 Keywords:                 |  
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 Both the backup client and the server housekeeping code use inefficient
 directory indexing algorithms. The result is that when handling
 directories with many 1000s of files in them excessive CPU usage is seen.

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Ticket URL: <http://bbdev.fluffy.co.uk/trac/ticket/8>
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