[gpfsug-discuss] Those users....

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 22/08/18 18:12, Oesterlin, Robert wrote:
> Sometimes, I look at the data that's being stored in my file systems and 
> just shake my head:
> 
> /gpfs/<path removed>/Restricted/EventChangeLogs/deduped/working contains 
> 17,967,350 files (in ONE directory)
> 

That's what inode quota's are for. Set it pretty high to begin with, say 
one million. That way the vast majority of users have no issues ever. 
Then the troublesome few will have issues at which point you can 
determine why they are storing so many files, and appropriately educate 
them on better ways to do it. Finally if they really need that many 
files just charge them for it :-) Having lots of files has a cost just 
like having lots of data has a cost, and it's not fair for the 
reasonable users to subsidize them.

JAB.

-- 
Jonathan A. Buzzard                         Tel: +44141-5483420
HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt.
University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG