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Re: HPUX : max number of inodes

 
Ahmed Douban
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HPUX : max number of inodes

hi experts

i'm wondering if thier a limit for max number of inode (files) for filesystem

and if yes can i exceed this number

thanks for help
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Richard Hepworth
Esteemed Contributor

Re: HPUX : max number of inodes

Hi Ahmed,

The kernel tunables ninode(HFS) or vx_ninode (VXFS) determine this. Check/set them with kctune:

# kctune vx_ninode ninode
Tunable Value Expression Changes
ninode 8192 Default
vx_ninode 64000 64000 Immed

regards,

Richard
Pete Randall
Outstanding Contributor

Re: HPUX : max number of inodes

If you can exceed it, then it's not a limit.


Pete

Pete
James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: HPUX : max number of inodes

Hi:

I like Pete's answer! That said, for 'VxFS' filesystems inodes are essentially unlimited.

Regards!

...JRF...