# Inodes not clearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [November 28, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856 "2023-11-28T13:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/1 "2023-11-28T13:40:12Z")
### Website URL (please specify the URL of the site on which you are experiencing the problem) > **[DNS Resolution Error - Domain Not Found, Or Domain not added to hosting account](http://www.lynvalleymission.great-site.net/)** ### Error Message |Response:|220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------| |Response:|220-You are user number 646 of 6900 allowed.| |Response:|220-Local time is now 09:30. Server port: 21.| |Response:|220-This is a private system - No anonymous login| |Response:|220 You will be disconnected after 60 seconds of inactivity.| |Command:|USER epiz\_32578370| |Response:|331 User epiz\_32578370 OK. Password required| |Command:|PASS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*| |Response:|230-Your bandwidth usage is restricted| |Response:|230 OK. Current restricted directory is /| |Command:|OPTS UTF8 ON| |Response:|200 OK, UTF-8 enabled| |Status:|Connected| |Status:|Starting upload of C:\Users\Keith\Documents\Web Sites\LynValleyMission\configuration.zip| |Command:|CWD /htdocs| |Response:|250 OK. Current directory is /htdocs| |Command:|TYPE I| |Response:|200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary| |Command:|PASV| |Response:|227 Entering Passive Mode (185,27,134,11,48,184)| |Command:|STOR configuration.zip| |Response:|553 Can’t open that file: Disk quota exceeded| |Error:|Critical file transfer error| |Response:|421 Timeout - try typing a little faster next time| |Error:|Connection closed by server| (please share the FULL error message you see, if applicable) ### Other Information I cannot upload files. I thought I was using to many inodes but I deleted some files and left it for two days but I still cannot upload a configuration.php to get the site running again, (even if I rename it to configuration.zip) My disk quota is nowhere near full. (other information and details relevant to your question) ---
**Author:** ![anon42008019](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon42008019/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon42008019](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon42008019)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/2 "2023-11-28T13:41:28Z")
How big is the file? ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/3 "2023-11-28T13:42:54Z")
Tiny, 2,209 bytes ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/4 "2023-11-28T13:45:36Z")
![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/7/9/79ab27cf681ed9df0c132eb545db335d7ad32fd2.png) This is the statistics report ---
**Author:** ![SpookyKipper](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/spookykipper/32/27461_2.png) [@SpookyKipper](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/SpookyKipper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/5 "2023-11-28T14:33:15Z")
.zip files may be automatically deleted, extract the files inside and upload then individually ---
**Author:** ![ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/chrispar/32/8743_2.png) [@ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/ChrisPAR)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/6 "2023-11-28T14:37:43Z")
> [@anon71934394](#): > > ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/e/c/ecd7ac5268b0aeda063d951ff92b0c822d6b1686.png) Have you noticed the “Inodes Used” statistic? Your disk may not be full, but your inodes near are. > [@Inode limit on free hosting](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/what-does-the-inode-limit-mean/49331): > > Your control panel shows an inode counter that tracks how many files and folders you have on your hosting account. If you’re seeing high inode usage or approaching the limit, don’t panic. Most websites use many inodes, and this is completely normal. Should I be worried about my inode usage? For most websites, high inode usage is expected and not a problem: Normal usage: 40-60% of your inode limit is typical for websites with WordPress, plugins, themes, or multiple sites. Large software install… Since the counter is updated every 8 hours, there’s a chance you may have unknowingly hit it, in which case being unable to upload files would make sense: > [@FTP Error: Disk Quota Exceeded](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ftp-error-disk-quota-exceeded/49302): > > If you have an account with many files or large files, you may hit the error Disk Quota Exceeded. This error is typically caused by either two issues: You have reached the disk space limit of your account (5GB). You have reached the inode limit of your account (60,000). You can see your disk space usage and inode usage in the sidebar in the control panel. Please note that the counters in the control panel are not live and are only refreshed once per day. What does the inode limit mean In Li… ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/7 "2023-11-28T15:54:32Z")
Yes but as I said this is what I thought, I deleted a few files and I have waited two days and it hasn’t changed ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/8 "2023-11-28T16:08:10Z")
Its OK I have deleted some more files and now it is working! Still says 99% inodes used! ---
**Author:** ![lovebug](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/lovebug/32/57624_2.png) [@lovebug](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/lovebug)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/9 "2023-11-28T16:13:22Z")
inodes value displayed is not updated in real time i think its updated once every 24 hours or something like that check the updated value tomorrow 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/10 "2023-11-28T18:43:28Z")
> [@anon71934394](#): > > I deleted a few files Please note that the limit is 30,000 files, and your account is almost at the limit. If you want to be able to upload new stuff, you’ll need to delete quite a bit more than “a few” files. You’ll need to delete thousands to make a dent. Cleaning out some temporary files isn’t going to cut it. ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/11 "2023-11-29T13:07:50Z")
Thanks a lot for your help. I haven’t actually got much on the site yet just the bare bones. It is my first Joomla site and there sure is a lot of files in Joomla. If this is the case it may not be practical to have a Joomla site on free hosting. I still have tons of free disk space. It is working again now after deleting temporay plugins etc that get left after the installation so I will see how it goes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/12 "2023-11-29T19:43:33Z")
A little check on the base Joomla 5.0.1 package tells me that a base Joomla installation is around 12k inodes. Which is quite a lot, but it means that 30k inodes should be enough to host a (single) Joomla site. ---
**Author:** ![anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon71934394/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon71934394](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon71934394)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/13 "2023-11-30T10:16:02Z")
Hi Admin, Yes, I only need one small site just church info and a calendar for service times etc.Thank you very much for that info it’s very helpful and potentially helpful to others on this forum. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/inodes-not-clearing/86856/14 "2023-12-07T10:16:53Z")
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