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Article #1952Re: mkfs / lots if inodes
From: Bill Webb
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 19:12
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 19:12
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> I'm running AIX 2.2.1 on an RT. > I'd like to create a filesystem with a large number of inodes >... > Has anyone figured out a way around this one ? :-( > tim I remember we encountered this problem when we tried to create a filesystem with a directory with 38,000 files in it. We eventually ended up using NFS to access a BSD 4.3 system that allowed essentially unlimited numbers of inodes (this may not be feasable if all you have is one or more AIX system). It seems to me that in playing around with mkfs that we found that you could specify a larger number of inodes by using a prototype file (but I'm not 100% sure). It would probably be worthwhile giving it a try. Other than that all I can suggest is using multiple filesystems mounted to look like a single filesystem. On our news system this would be reasonable as there are several large directories that can be put into separate filesystems (e.g. comp, gnu, alt, rec, soc). Bill Webb (IBM AWD Paloalto, T465-4457, (415) 855-4457). VNET: webb@paloalto UUCP: ...!uunet!ibmsupt!webb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!ibmpa!bass.tcspa.ibm.com!webb From: webb@bass.tcspa.ibm.com (Bill Webb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: mkfs / lots if inodes Message-ID: <4304@ibmpa.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 90 19:12:05 GMT References: <1990Feb22.230920.21168@tse.uucp> Sender: news@ibmpa.UUCP Organization: IBM AWD Paloalto Lines: 20