Hi, some manual tests: HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do echo "some text2" > "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=366426 inodes_used=367426 HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do echo "some text2" > "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=367426 inodes_used=368426 > overwrite increase inode usage dlimits and it is not normal HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do echo "some text2" >> "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=368426 inodes_used=368426 HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do echo "some text2" >> "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=368426 inodes_used=368426 > Adding text to files do not change inodes so ok HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do echo "some text2" > "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=368426 inodes_used=369426 HOST:admin@8386hd51145:[~]: sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used; sudo vserver wheezy642 exec bash -c 'for i in {0001..1000}; do rm -f "/root/test/file_${i}.txt"; done;';sudo vdlimit --xid wheezy642 /vservers/wheezy642/|grep inodes_used inodes_used=369426 inodes_used=368426 > removing the files revover inodes. So the inode count is bad when files are overwritten. Versions: Kernel: 3.18.17-vs2.3.7.4 VS-API: 0x00020308 VCI: 0x0000000013013f11 util-vserver: 0.30.216-pre3117; Apr 2 2015, 18:02:34 Features: CC: gcc, gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2 CPPFLAGS: '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' CFLAGS: '-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W -funit-at-a-time' build/host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Use dietlibc: yes Build C++ programs: Build C99 programs: yes Available APIs: compat,v11,fscompat,v13,net,v21,v22,v23,netv2 ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs syscall(2) invocation: alternative vserver(2) syscall#: 236/glibc crypto api: nss python bindings: yes use library versioning: yes Paths: prefix: /usr sysconf-Directory: /etc cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers initrd-Directory: /etc/init.d pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers vserver-Rootdir: /vservers best regards, Ghislain.