Inode, what is it?

[nealdxmhost]

I just got done putting up another server and I have noticed with the latest version of DA there is now another feature called "Inode"

Needless to say I gotta plead ignorance as to what this is or what I am supposed to do with it. Can anyone "dumb this down" in a way that I can understand it?

Thanks,

--Neal

 

[anti-ts]

An abstraction in order to understand would be the following:

For every file you store:
a. you need some space to store the data
b. you also need some inodes to store some info about the data

The inodes are like an index about your data.

Both (a) and (b) are required to be available in order for you to store files.

 

[nobaloney]

Wikipedia has a good explanation here (wikipedia.org).

Jeff

 

[zEitEr]

Needless to say I gotta plead ignorance as to what this is or what I am supposed to do with it. Can anyone "dumb this down" in a way that I can understand it?

In most cases you might want to ignore it and keep it unlimited for yourself and your customers. When you limit numbers of inodes you set limits for number of directories and files which a user is allowed to have. That's it.