How to check the number of inodes in your hosting account

An inode 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.
In simple words each inode usually equals one file, folder, email or any other unix object in a file system.
However, one file can take more than just one inode sometimes due to it’s huge size.

We have inodes limit set on our shared servers, in order to improve their HDD performance. As stated in our Acceptable Use Policy, the limits are the following:

Value/Professional/Ultimate plans – 300,000
Business SSD Plan – 600,000

In case the above limits are hit, your account, website, email service performance will be affected.
Emails might not be delivered and sent. New files might not be uploaded, and overall account performance might get unstable.

NOTE: 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