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Number of INODES

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by mivy james

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I'm using a content management tool that will require a high number of inodes on my filesystem. My understanding is that the maximum number of inodes is fixed on creation of the file system.
My question is this: do you have control on how many inodes you can create? Or it is determined by your disk capacity - and if so what is the ratio of # incodes / GB?

Many thanks

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by cavedweller

You can adjust the number of inodes when you format the filesystem. Since you didn't mention your particular OS it's hard to give specific advice. Check your OS documentation for the exact command.

by mivy james

The max number of inodes you can create is dependant on your block size - as inodes themselves take up little space the max number is disk capacity / block size - this is a configuration parameter when you format the file system.

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