Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:3711 news.software.b:7694 comp.unix.aix:4974 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!kleikamp.austin.ibm.com!shaggy From: shaggy@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com (David J. Kleikamp) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.software.b,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: IBM RS/6000 unsuitable for news Message-ID: <7381@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 8 May 91 13:09:42 GMT References: <1991May07.160042.28634@turnkey.tcc.com> <731@rufus.UUCP> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Followup-To: news.sysadmin Organization: IBM AWD, Austin Lines: 21 In article <731@rufus.UUCP> drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com writes: >This isn't an issue. When a filesystem is created (or later expanded), >the number of inodes is set to the number of 4K blocks in the filesystem. >In other words, except in cases where there are zero length files in the >filesystem, it's impossible to run out of inodes. Symbolic links are often contained within the inode. If you have a filesystem containing a large number of symbolic links you may very well run out of inodes. >It's true that the number is "fixed", but only in that you can't change it. >But the default is always "big enough". Usually big enough. >Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David J. "Shaggy" Kleikamp dave@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com DISCLAIMER: The content of this posting is independent of official IBM position.