ZFS'inodes' (as reported by 'df -i') running out?
Karl Pielorz
kpielorz_lst at tdx.co.uk
Thu Feb 18 13:21:00 UTC 2010
--On 18 February 2010 12:41 +0100 Ivan Voras <ivoras at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> I know ZFS doesn't have inodes (think they're znodes), and is capable of
>> handling more files than you can probably sensibly think about on a
>> filesystem - but is "df -i" just getting confused, or do I need to be
>> concerned?
>
> AFAIK ZFS allocates inodes when needed so df -i reports the previously
> allocated value. The number of available inodes should automatically
> grow as you add more files.
Fantastic! Thanks for the clarification - I though it'd be something like
that, but thought I'd better check before running out,
Regards,
-Karl
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