XFS filesystem gives "No space left on device" errors

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Issue

  • New space was added to an XFS file system and df shows available space.
  • Issuing a mkdir command gives: "mkdir: cannot create directory '###': No space left on device"
  • XFS file system generates "No space left on device" errors however there is plenty of space and inodes left.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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