Thanks, I was just about to post that, and I guess is still the reason a 
dependent fileset is still the default without the –inode-space new option 
fileset creation.

I do wonder why there is a limit of 1000, whether it’s just IBM not envisaging 
any customer needing more than that? We’ve only got 414 at the moment but that 
will grow to over 500 this year.

Richard

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Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] What is an independent fileset? was: mmbackup 
with fileset : scope errors

Here is one big reason independent filesets are problematic:
A5.13:
Table 43. Maximum number of filesets

Version of GPFS

Maximum Number of Dependent Filesets

Maximum Number of Independent Filesets

IBM Spectrum Scale V4

10,000

1,000

GPFS V3.5

10,000

1,000

Another is that each independent fileset must be sized (and resized) for the 
number of inodes it is expected to contain.
If that runs out (due to growth or a runaway user job), new files cannot be 
created until the inode limit is bumped up.
This is true of the root namespace as well, but there’s only one number to 
watch per filesystem.

 — ddj
Dave Johnson
Brown University
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