What Is An Inode In Web Hosting?
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You may be new in web hosting and come across the term inode. What is an inode in web hosting?
An Inode, in layman's term usually equals
Sometimes, one file may consists of more than one inode because of its large size.
An Inode, in a technical term is short for index node.
In Unix-based file systems, an inode is considered to be a data structure that represents a single file system object.
The inode space is used to “track” the files stored on the hard disk. The inode entries store metadata about each file, directory or object, but only points to these structures rather than storing the data.
Each entry is 128 bytes in size.
Below are some of the Inode Limits imposed by popular web hosting companies.
All of those mentioned below are for the cheapest shared hosting plan.
Namecheap
300,000 inodes for its cheapest plan.
600,000 inodes for its business plan.
Once your hosting account exceeds 150,000, it gets excluded from automatic server backup system.
You can check the number of inodes in your hosting account in Stats section. Under File Usage in Cpanel.
Siteground
150,000 Inodes
Bluehost
50,000 Inodes
Godaddy
250,000 Inodes for linux hosting account
500,000 Inodes for Windows hosting accounts
Hostgator
100,000 Inodes
Fastcomet
450,000 Inodes
Site5
75,000 Inodes
A Small Orange
100,000 Inodes
Arvixe
No Inode Limits
Stable Host
250,000 Inodes
An Inode, in layman's term usually equals
- one file
- one folder
- one email
Sometimes, one file may consists of more than one inode because of its large size.
An Inode, in a technical term is short for index node.
In Unix-based file systems, an inode is considered to be a data structure that represents a single file system object.
The inode space is used to “track” the files stored on the hard disk. The inode entries store metadata about each file, directory or object, but only points to these structures rather than storing the data.
Each entry is 128 bytes in size.
Below are some of the Inode Limits imposed by popular web hosting companies.
All of those mentioned below are for the cheapest shared hosting plan.
Namecheap
300,000 inodes for its cheapest plan.
600,000 inodes for its business plan.
Once your hosting account exceeds 150,000, it gets excluded from automatic server backup system.
You can check the number of inodes in your hosting account in Stats section. Under File Usage in Cpanel.
Siteground
150,000 Inodes
Bluehost
50,000 Inodes
Godaddy
250,000 Inodes for linux hosting account
500,000 Inodes for Windows hosting accounts
Hostgator
100,000 Inodes
Fastcomet
450,000 Inodes
Site5
75,000 Inodes
A Small Orange
100,000 Inodes
Arvixe
No Inode Limits
Stable Host
250,000 Inodes
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