Slightly off topic, can anyone suggest possibly a different, non-NetApp storage/file system that will give me a lot more inodes than I can get out of a filer? (Sorry Greg, but I need the best platform to meet the needs of the application, which might or might not be NetApp, so I have to ask.) The IO demands of this application are quite low, but storage and inode requirements are high. So any solution needs to be able to store large amounts of data and provide massive quantities of inodes, but doesn't need to be as fast as a filer.
Look into my eyes.... you're getting sleepy sleeeeeeppy.... now that your under, think WAFL.. WAFL... WAFL.... when I snap my fingers you will wake up and make yourself two waffle's and then order a filer with WAFL! and you will also agree that Duke SUCKS.., THE TERPS RULE and that they WAS ROBBED!
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