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Konstantin Shvachko commented on HADOOP-2447: --------------------------------------------- Yes I set dfs.max.objects to 15, which is less than the number of objects in my file system. > HDFS should be capable of limiting the total number of inodes in the system > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2447 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2447 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: dfs > Reporter: Sameer Paranjpye > Assignee: dhruba borthakur > Fix For: 0.16.0 > > Attachments: fileLimit.patch, fileLimit2.patch, fileLimit3.patch > > > The HDFS Namenode should be capable of limiting the total number of Inodes > (files + directories). The can be done through a config variable, settable in > hadoop-site.xml. The default should be no limit. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.