[Lustre-discuss] -i and -I options to mkfs.ext2

[Jakob Goldbach]

> Why would you want the ratio of inodes to space in the file system to be
> 4096, unless you are expecting filenames of over 3k on average?

A directory takes a least one block (4k). Even an empty one. If you have
many directories you could run out of space. I measured my non-lustre
system and decided to go for '-i 1024' on the MDS before migrating to
Lustre. I'll guess my fs look like yours ;)

/Jakob