Re: ENOSPC at 90% with plenty of inodes

[Jan Derfinak <ja@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Chinner wrote:

>> If so, could/should the OP specify anything
>> during the mkfs.xfs reformat that may help alleviate or mitigate his
>> problem in the future?
> 
> No. These problems usually appear in filesystems that have run at
> greater than 85-90% full for extended periods of time without being
> emptied at all. Once you start to free up space, it naturally
> defragments itself, but if you never free up any significant amount
> of space in the filesytesm, this cannot occur and so fragmentation
> just keeps getting worse....

I'm curious if using noikeep mount option has any effect on free space
fragmentation?

jan