+80% disk inodes used...

[dwjrfernandes]

Hey!

I got a little problem, my box has more than 80% of inodes used, however, only 4% of the disk space is used...

#df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
vzfs 114207091 4065676 103065988 4% /
vzfs 114207091 4065676 103065988 4% /var/named/run-root/var/run/dbus

#df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
vzfs 200000 162842 37158 82% /
vzfs 200000 162842 37158 82% /var/named/run-root/var/run/dbus


What should I do? Can I change this?


Thanks

 

[Jayson]

Can you find any directories with large amounts of small files? Usually this is the cause of running out of inodes. Once I purged thousands of small logfiles from a directory and I had to delete the directory and recreate it to clear the inodes, else it still looked huge with ls -li.

 

[dwjrfernandes]

I don't know where to look for small files... Also, isn't it possible to increase the number of inodes (without re-formating the all thing)?

Thanks

 

[atomicturtle]

Not with ext3, if you're using xfs you can do it with mkfs.xfs. Your problem might also be with your virtual server provider, they can set a quota on the number of inodes you will have access to. I'd start with them.

 

[dwjrfernandes]

Thanks scott, I've just posted a support ticket to them