OCFS2: Disk Space is not Released After Deleting Many Files (Doc ID 468923.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version 1 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Having deleted a large number of files and/or directories from an OCFS2 filesystem, disk utilisation tools (df, du) still report unexpectedly high filesystem/disk space utilisation, for example:

Cause

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Symptoms

Cause

Solution

1. Run the stat_sysdir.sh script

2. Review stat_sysdir.sh output for orphaned files

3. Identify cluster node and application associated with orphan_dir

4. Releasing disk space associated with OCFS2 orphan directories

References

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OCFS2: Disk Space is not Released After Deleting Many Files (Doc ID 468923.1)

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Symptoms

Cause

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