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Re: where is my disk space



Hi,

Long Wind wrote:
> /dev/sda2       9.8G  9.3G     0 100% /

I place my bet on the highest rated answer in
  https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/7950/reserved-space-for-root-on-a-filesystem-why
mattdm wrote there:
  "Ext3 is pretty good at avoiding filesystem fragmentation, but once
   you get above about 95% full, that behavior falls off the cliff,
   and suddenly filesystem performance becomes a mess. So leaving 5%
   reserved gives you a buffer against this."


Have a nice day :)

Thomas


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