6.5 HP StoreAll OS User Guide

File limit for directories
The maximum number of files in a directory depends on the length of the file names, and also the
names themselves. The maximum size of a directory is approximately 4 GB (double indirect blocks).
An average file name length of eight characters allows about 12 million entries. However, because
directories are hashed, it is unlikely that a directory can contain this number of entries. Files with
a similar naming pattern are hashed into the same bucket. If that bucket fills up, another file cannot
be created there, even if free space is available elsewhere in the directory. If you try to create
another file with a different name, it may succeed, but randomly.
Managing mountpoints and mount/unmount operations
When you use the New Filesystem Wizard to create a file system, you can specify a name for the
mountpoint and indicate whether the file system should be mounted after it is created. The wizard
creates the mountpoint if necessary. The Filesystems panel shows the file systems created on the
cluster.
To view the mountpoint information for a file system, select the file system on the Filesystems panel,
and click Mountpoints in the lower Navigator. The Mountpoints panel shows the hosts that have
mounted the file system, the name of the mountpoint, the access (RW or RO) allowed to the host,
and whether the file system is mounted.
You can also view mountpoint information for a particular server. Select that server on the Servers
panel, and select Mountpoints from the lower Navigator. To delete a mountpoint, select that
mountpoint and click Delete.
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