I was hoping someone would have answered you by now...
I think the long term answer is to update to 4.x where it won't be a problem anymore but I have a feeling trying to upgrade while you're already out of inodes would be a disaster.
Any chance you could install a parallel 4.x server with new storage and once it gets everything you can take the 3.x server offline?
Thanks,
Richard
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