While still on topic, is the compression patch e2compr in the mainline kernel? On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mag Gam wrote: >> thanks for the response Eric. >> >> I am already setting the bytes per inode ratio :-) > > ... then you can set it lower, if you are still running out ... > >> I suppose we can wait for brtfs > > Well, if we are going to talk about other options, xfs is one as well, > it also has dynamic inode allocation. That's better suited for another > list though. :) > > -Eric > > >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Mag Gam wrote: >>>> I was curious if ext4 has dynamic inode allocation. Presently, the >>>> application we run which resides on ext3; we constantly run out of >>>> inodes because each file is about 2KB but there are millions of them. >>> ext4 does not currently have dynamic inode allocation, though there has >>> been some discussion of that. >>> >>> You can create your filesystem with more inodes from the start, though; >>> -i bytes-per-inode (-i 2048) should be about right. >>> >>>> Also, is ext4 going to be a module or has to be compiled into the kernel? >>> that depends on how you build your kernel, it's a config option. >>> >>> -Eric >>> > > _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
