(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)
I have been working on a customized filesystem analysis for Unix/Linux servers and noticed a strange inconsistency with the “free space” inspector and from there the percentages inspectors too.
Linux (RH)
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 8256808 4907004 2930468 63% /var
Q: (used space of filesystem “/var”) / 1024
A: 4907004
Q: used percent of filesystem “/var”
A: 59
Q: (free space of filesystem “/var”) / 1024
A: 3349556
Q: free percent of filesystem “/var”
A: 40
I did the same test on HP-UX and Solaris, and observed the same kind of inconsistency. Is there some kind of system/hidden files that are unaccounted for or something like that because a difference of a few percent is substantial?
Thank you.