: File limit on shared hosting - does the issue still apply? I've heard that shared hosting often imposes a limit on files per directory, though obviously this would be different per host. Generally

@Berumen354

Do many shared hosting impose a quote? short answer, yes most of them do.
Even when stated unlimited, locks/quotas are in place to keep balanced a server and/or keep unfair use at a line.

Although this are often "reasonable". Hostgator, for instance, has a 250,000 inode limit, plenty to start. By the time you reach the quota, you are very likely too big for a shared account and will probably be using a dedicated server, which from the same vendor have a 1' 000,000 inode quota.

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@Sherry384

I've seen the number of files per directory be an issue for operating systems. It doesn't crash, but causes things to run slow when accessing files in that directory. I've had to rewrite web applications to create multiple directories when saving many files to avoid this problem because of performance issues. And that was when we owned the server.

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