Is it ok to have a folder for each uploaded file on disc?

Question

As you know it's possible to store uploaded files on disc rather than the database. The only issue is that each uploaded file is stored in a separate folder on disc.

Doesn't this behavior get my site into trouble while the site receives more files to upload monthly?

Answer 1

...each uploaded file is stored in a separate folder on disc

Not really. File ids that share the same first 3 digits are stored in the same directory. That helps reduce the amount of files per directory. The more files you have the more chance you'll have that 2 or more files fit in the same directory.

 

Here is the function responsible of performing the file distribution so: https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/blob/master/qa-include/app/blobs.php#L40

Comments

@pupi1985: Thanks for your good news! I didn't know it.
Could you please answer my question as well?
>Doesn't this behavior get my site into trouble while the site receives more files to upload monthly?

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Definitely not. This works this way in order not to get your site into trouble when files get uploaded

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@pupi1985: Thanks for your answer. Marked your answer as best answer.