[Linux-cluster] gfs_tool df question

[Jonathan E Brassow]

GFS will allocate more metadata blocks when it needs them.  (Same thing  
with the inodes.)

  brassow

On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:

> I am trying to understand the information provided by "gfs_tool df".
>
> When I run it on my system, I get this:
>
>   Type           Total          Used           Free           use%
>    
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -
>   inodes         2697580        2697580        0              100%
>   metadata       104195         21410          82785          21%
>   data           290040505      23167          290017338      0%
>
> I figured out that the data row is reporting used and free space in
> blocks and the inode row is self-explanatory, but what is "metadata"?
> Do I need to be concerned that metadata is 21% used while data hasn't
> even hit 1% yet?
>
> -- 
> Bowie
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