Different Used Space Output Between df and du Commands for NFS Mounted Filesystem.
(Doc ID 2128130.1)
Last updated on APRIL 24, 2020
Applies to:
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.8 and laterOracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86
Symptoms
df and du commands show different values for used space on a NFS mounted filesystem.
For example:
# df -Ph /home/NFS/logs Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on <hostname>:/export/NFS/logs 250G 175G 76G 70% /u01/nfs/logs
# du -sh /u01/nfs/logs 1.9G /u01/nfs/logs
Changes
On the NFS Server side, the following directories are exported for NFS:
- /export/NFS
- /export/NFS/logs
- /export/NFS/logs2
Cause
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