Gluster users - Feb 2013 - Is having millions of directories unusual?

Dear All-
I have just discovered that the volume I've been having the most trouble 
with contains over 3.3 million directories.  Most of these are output 
from a storm tracking model that produces output in a large number of 
directories, each containing a handful of small files.  Is this number 
of directories in a distributed-replicate volume unusual, and should I 
expect it to cause problems for GlusterFS?  The layout fix operation 
that follows the addition of new bricks takes a very long time 
(weeks-months) and seems to result in a high CPU load.  The volume has a 
capacity of 52TB and the bricks are 3.3TB in size.

-Dan.

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