Re: Hardlinks-per-directory limit?

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:35:59AM -0400, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Hello, all.  I'm thinking of rolling out a BackupPC server, and -- based
> on the strength of the recent Phoronix benchmarks
> (http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11156&Itemid=23)
> -- had been strongly considering btrfs.  But I do seem to recall that
> there was some sort of hardlinks-per-directory limitation, and BackupPC
> *loves* hardlinks.  Would someone care to either remind me what the issue
> was, or reassure me that it's been rectified?
> 

It's because we pack inode ref's into the same item, so once the item fills up
we can't add anymore refs.  It's still a problem, not sure if/when its getting
fixed.  Thanks,

Josef
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