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    Hi<br>
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      IIRC these are hard limits - at least were a year or so ago.<br>
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    I have a customers with ~ 7500 dependent filesets and knocking on
    the door of the 1000 independent fileset limit.<br>
    <br>
    Before independent filesets were 'a thing', projects were created
    with dependent filesets.  However the arrival of independent
    filesets, per-fileset snapshotting etc. and improved workflow makes
    these a per-project primary choice - but with 10x less to operate
    with :-/<br>
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    If someone @ IBM fancied upping the #defines x10 and confirming the
    testing limit, that would be appreciated :-)<br>
    If you need testing kit, happy to facilitate.<br>
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    Best,<br>
    <br>
    Jez<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/02/18 14:19, Daniel Kidger wrote:<br>
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          From: "Jaime Pinto" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pinto@scinet.utoronto.ca"><pinto@scinet.utoronto.ca></a><br>
          Sent by: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a><br>
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          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></a>, "Truong Vu"
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          Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a><br>
          Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Maximum Number of filesets on
          GPFS v5?<br>
          Date: Mon, Feb 5, 2018 2:56 PM<br>
           
          <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier
              New,Courier,monospace">Thanks Truong<br>
              Jaime<br>
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              Quoting "Truong Vu" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:truongv@us.ibm.com"><truongv@us.ibm.com></a>:<br>
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              ><br>
              > Hi Jamie,<br>
              ><br>
              > The limits are the same in 5.0.0.  We'll look into
              the FAQ.<br>
              ><br>
              > Thanks,<br>
              > Tru.<br>
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              >    1. Maximum Number of filesets on GPFS v5? (Jaime
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              > Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:58:39 -0500<br>
              > From: "Jaime Pinto" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pinto@scinet.utoronto.ca"><pinto@scinet.utoronto.ca></a><br>
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              > Here is what I found for versions 4 & 3.5:<br>
              > * Maximum Number of Dependent Filesets: 10,000<br>
              > * Maximum Number of Independent Filesets: 1,000<br>
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              > I'm having some difficulty finding published
              documentation on<br>
              > limitations for version 5:<br>
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              > Any hints?<br>
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              > Thanks<br>
              > Jaime<br>
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