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Increase the Number of Inotify Watches

Overview

On Linux, CrashPlan PRO depends on the inotify kernel module to monitor changes to the filesystem. If real-time changes aren't being picked up or if you receive a “too many open files” error, you may need to increase the number of watches that can be created.

Identifying the Error

In the logs the error looks like this:

inotify_add_watch: No space left on device

Temporary Fix

You can temporarily update the value with:

echo 1048576 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

Permanent Fix

You can update the value permanently by putting the following value in /etc/sysctl.conf and restarting:

fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
recipe/increase_inotify_watches.txt · Last modified: 2009/08/22 17:54 by mcoopet