[Ocfs2-users] Max number of files?

[Karl Katzke]

Andy,  

Did you check your inode usage?  

-K 



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Karl Katzke
Systems Analyst II
TAMU - DRGS






>>> "Andrew (Anything)" <anything at starstrike.net> 5/11/2009 11:13 PM
>>>

Hi All. 
  
Today I was copying a heap of files to an ocfs2 partition today for a
website when I started experiencing strange problems (where file
creations silently just wouldn*t happen), then eventually *no space left
on device* errors. 
With >100gb free I was quite confused. 
One of the first google results for the issue
(http://www.mail-archive.com/ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com/msg03082.html)
suggested that Nuno was able to get by the problem by deleting 275,000
files. 
  
As this poor old disk that has many files (perhaps as many as 5
million) I thought perhaps ive hit some sort of limit. 
I too am now on a deleting spree, removing nearly 500,000 I can go
without. 
Shortly after I began the delete I*ve re-attempted copying the files,
and now they succeeded. 
  
I*ve been looking around for any sort of limit on number of files (or
number of inodes?) that ocfs2 can support, and have only found that
*OCFS2 1.4 has no intrinsic limit on the total number of files and
directories in the file 
system*.* In the ocfs2 1.4 users guide. 
  
If there is no such limit can anyone suggest what might have happened
to my file system today? I*d like to avoid it in the future. 
  
Andy.. 
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