Deleting files on a RHEL 5 or RHEL 6 GFS2 file-system leaves many unlinked (not free) blocks
Issue
- Deleting files on a RHEL 6
GFS2file-system leaves many unlinked (not free) blocks. - When files are deleted on filesystem, the space used by the file isn't freed.
- Files deleted on
GFS2filesystem and df still shows space used. - Application df output of
GFS2incorrect afterrm -rfcommand. GFS2filesystem is actually empty but appears to be full.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
- A Global Filesystem 2(
GFS2)
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