Hi Dave, > > As it is, your problem is most likely fragmented free space > (an > aging problem). Inodes are allocated in chunks of 64, so > require an > -aligned- contiguous 16k extent for the default 256 byte > inode size. > If you have no aligned contiguous 16k extents free then > inode > allocation will fail. > I understand from the mkfs.xfs man page "The XFS inode contains a fixed-size part and a variable-size part." 1) Do you mean inodes are allocated in units of 64 at one go? 2) What is the size of the fixed-size part? 3) Are the fixed-size parts of inodes also allocated in units of 64 at one go? 4) Where are the fixed-size parts located? On special extents just like the variable-size part? 5) What about the locality of the variable and fixed size parts of the inodes? Can they be any distance apart? Thanks! GL _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
