From: Linda Bebernes Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:48:19 +0000 (-0700) Subject: LUDOC-73 bugfix: Removed text describing obsolete lfs df -i behavior X-Git-Tag: 2.5.0~31 X-Git-Url: https://git.whamcloud.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6bb7b856a810e2ee81f235217bed4e1a15a22bc;p=doc%2Fmanual.git LUDOC-73 bugfix: Removed text describing obsolete lfs df -i behavior Deleted outdated text from Section 18.5.1. Checking File System Free Space Signed-off-by: Linda Bebernes Change-Id: I0f7036f0313f8c468abacd2eba9efc24a04f3f45 Reviewed-on: http://review.whamcloud.com/7587 Tested-by: Hudson Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger Reviewed-by: Richard Henwood --- diff --git a/ManagingStripingFreeSpace.xml b/ManagingStripingFreeSpace.xml index 64c5b88..de155bc 100644 --- a/ManagingStripingFreeSpace.xml +++ b/ManagingStripingFreeSpace.xml @@ -419,20 +419,11 @@ osc.lustre-OST0002-osc.ost_conn_uuid=192.168.20.1@tcp The df -i and lfs df -i commands show the minimum number of inodes that can be created in the - file system at the current time. Depending on the current state of the file system and the - OSTs, it may be possible to create more inodes than currently reported by df - -i. As more files are created in the file system, df -i - will show the current estimated free inode count. - If the underlying file system has fewer free blocks than inodes, the total inode count - reported for the file system is only as many inodes as there are free blocks. This is - because the Lustre file system may need to store an external attribute for each new inode, - and it is better to report a free inode count that corresponds to the guaranteed minimum - number of inodes that can be created. - If the total number of objects available across all of the OSTs is smaller than those - available on the MDT(s), taking into account the default file striping, then df - -i will also report a smaller number of inodes than could be created. Running - lfs df -i will report the actual number of inodes that are free on - each target. + file system at the current time. If the total number of objects available across all of + the OSTs is smaller than those available on the MDT(s), taking into account the default + file striping, then df -i will also report a smaller number of inodes + than could be created. Running lfs df -i will report the actual number + of inodes that are free on each target. For ZFS file systems, the number of inodes that can be created is dynamic and depends on the free space in the file system. The Free and Total inode counts reported for a ZFS file system are only an estimate based on the current usage for each target. The Used