Default inode number too low in FFS nowadays?

[Eitan Adler]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 Nov 2011 15:27, "Adam McDougall" <mcdouga9 at egr.msu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/03/11 05:41, Borja Marcos wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> And the /usr was small because I need a lot of room for /var.
>>
>>
>> The way you've described the issue sounds like it concerns mainly just
> ports, so perhaps a ports-specific adjustment like below is appropriate and
> an easy solution for any admin with sufficient inodes available on a
> partition of their choosing?  I am concerned about the drawbacks
> (performance) of increasing the ratio of inodes on /usr just to accommodate
> an optional and somewhat flexible component.
>>
>> I've been setting this for many years now even when it is not a space
> concern on /usr, it keeps my /usr/ports tree clean and puts all the "junk"
> in a location I can easily clean out:
>>
>> WRKDIRPREFIX=/var/tmp/ports
>>
>
> ... but then you need a bigger than default /var...
>
> Personally I use /usr/obj and occasionally nuke it (I know we're running
> out of inode on /usr, but rm should solve that problem).

A dedicated "WRKDIRPREFIX" mdfs can also help.

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Eitan Adler