Configure Magento to store session data in the database

I’ve had some problems on a Magento installation where all inodes are used up to store the session data. To fix this I had to configure Magento to store the sessions in the database instead of the file system. This is how I didi it:

1. Edit the local.xml configuration file and locate this line: (pico app/etc/local.xml)

<session_save><![CDATA[files]]></session_save>

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