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Re: DISKUTIL Question
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Donna Hofmeister <[log in to unmask]>
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Donna Hofmeister <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:36:34 -0700
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On 4/13/2013 3:35 PM, Dan Barnes wrote:
> Thanks for all the ideas folks.  None of the great ideas worked, but we were able to isolate the account with the bad file on disc, backed everything else up, and went thru the normal rebuild process.  The account in trouble (NSD) can be easily recreated so we came out on top.
>
The NSD account is a frequent cause of many problem because $STDLISTs 
are allowed to build-up for years.  MPE's file system cannot handle a 
large number of files in one location (group or directory) and having 
"tightly" named files aggravates the problem.

Allegro's BIGDIRS (http://www.allegro.com/?page_id=77) program was 
written to help diagnose this problem and hopefully prevent a system 
reload.  You want to routinely be checking your entire system for the 
"too many files" problem.         - d

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Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330

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