ext2/ext3 limit of 32,000 links in an inode

ogross74 · 10-09-2005, 12:42 AM

It seems that ext2/ext3 filesystem has a limit of 32,000 links in an inode, which in turn limits the number of directories in a single place to 31,998. I need to be able to work with a filesystem with no limit or a limit which is configurable. Is there such?

Thanks Oren

routers · 10-10-2005, 02:42 AM

for me i do this way

/var formated with 1024 inode ( ext2 ) and do others partition as standard inode ( ext3)

i not sure my answer is correct for u or not , if not sorry , wait for others feedback

just 2 cent from me

KimVette · 10-10-2005, 12:52 PM

Check out http://www.namesys.com/faq.html#reiserfsspecs

max number files a dir can have

232 - 4 => 4 Gi - 4
but in practice this value is limited by hash function. r5 hash allows about 1 200 000 file names without collisions

(This is for Reiser FS 3.6. Expect Reiser4 to be even better)