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We have a server which is overwhelmed by files used by a web app. Because the number of files in the server is too great the overall performance of the whole server has degraded (including other apps).

The server is using Windows NT, and I think the file system should be NTFS.

Can we zip up multiple files into one single zip file, so that the number of files decreases? For example, we zip 10 files into a zip file, would the number of file decrease from 10 to 1?

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  • Please post the hardware specifications of this server for us to adequately answer the question. Also be specific, are users seeing slowness copying files to the server, or from the server, what kind of network infrastructure do you have? Your question is very ambiguous. Mar 30, 2011 at 3:33
  • are you really saying nt as in nt4? and are you sure the files systems is ntfs if its fat you could have performance issues.
    – tony roth
    Mar 30, 2011 at 4:27
  • How have you determined that the number of files is the cause of the problem? What else have you checked. And, as already asked, are you really serious about this being NT? Mar 30, 2011 at 4:44
  • Do you mean it's a FAT file system? Have you checked for fragmentation? How much free space? Could you convert the drive to NTFS? Are the files all in one folder? Why do you think the number of files is a problem?
    – TristanK
    Mar 30, 2011 at 4:51
  • @John There are 30 millions files. I think that explain all of your question. Mar 30, 2011 at 5:19

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If you zip 10 files, and then delete the original files, then yes, you will only have 1 file as far as the file system is concerned.

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  • Really? You sure? Because the zip file contains 10 files within. Mar 30, 2011 at 3:48
  • @gunbuster - yes. I'm sure. A single ZIP file (or a RAR file) contains multiple compressed files. The file system only sees one file. Try it out. I'll update my answer. Mar 30, 2011 at 3:51
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    No worries. Disclaimer: I'm not sure what you're doing is the best way to go about fixing your issue, but without knowing more I can't really pass judgement. Mar 30, 2011 at 3:54

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