The filer automatically sets the maximum number of files for a newly created volume based on the amount of disk space in the volume. The filer increases the maximum number of files when you add a disk to a volume. The number set by the filer never exceeds 33,554,432. This prevents a filer with terabytes of storage from creating a very large inode file (for example, a 64-GB inode file) that might be unnecessary.
If you need a larger number of files on your filer, use the maxfiles command to increase the number beyond 33,554,432.
Note
Use caution when increasing the maximum number of files because after you increase this number, you can never reduce it. As new files are created, the file system consumes the additional disk space required to hold the inodes for the additional files; there is no way for the filer to release that disk space. An inode is a data structure containing information about files.
To increase the maximum number of files allowed on a volume, complete the following step.
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maxfiles vol_name max vol_name is the volume whose maximum number of files you are increasing. |
To see how many files are in a volume, complete the following step.
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