[Linux-cluster] Gfs not return available space after delete file

[David Teigland]

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 05:24:37PM +0000, nattapon viroonsri wrote:
> 
> Do have anyway or tuning parameter  to get shorter time wait to get space 
> back after delete files ?

try: gfs_tool settune <mountpoint> inoded_secs <nsecs>
nsecs is 15 by default, try something like 5

> Does this effect in production environment  that heavy i/o( create/delete 
> all time) and  result in run out of disk space quickly than expect ?

You should run some more experiments to be sure, but there should be some
limit to the number of unlinked by not deallocated inodes (look at how the
ilimit tunables work).  Once you reach these limits, new operations will
pitch in and help do the deallocations.

Dave