HPUX : max number of inodes

[Ahmed Douban]

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

[Richard Hepworth]

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]

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


Pete

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

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

Regards!

...JRF...