# Inodes exhaustion on XFS

DevFeed: [Inodes exhaustion on XFS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inodes-exhaustion-on-xfs-27589.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2013/11/inodes-on-xfs/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>)

Tags: [adjusting-inodes-xfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adjusting-inodes-xfs.md>), [filesystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/filesystem.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [inodes-exhaustion-xfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inodes-exhaustion-xfs.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-filesystem-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-filesystem-management.md>), [xfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xfs.md>), [xfs-filesystem-tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xfs-filesystem-tips.md>), [xfs-inode-limits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xfs-inode-limits.md>), [xfs-inode-percentage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xfs-inode-percentage.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains inode exhaustion on XFS, including how XFS sets inode limits as a percentage of filesystem capacity, how to check the limit, and how to change it dynamically or during filesystem creation.

## Source excerpt

Learn about inodes exhaustion on XFS, how to check inode limits, and how to adjust the inode percentage to prevent issues on your Linux filesystem.