Hmmm.... another thought. You asked:

Hi all, are there any limits to the maximum number of files (or subdirectories) a Netapp NFS mounted directory can handle?

There's a bound specifically on the number of subdirectories that I didn't mention. The link count on the parent directory is limited to 65535, which means no more than 65533 subdirectories. (Some Unix filing systems use signed shorts for the link count, but ONTAP uses unsigned ones.)

Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk