Bottom line: use du --apparent-size
to compare information content (independent of filesystems),
rather than disk utilization (block-size dependent).
*Distributed Disk Utilization*
BeeGFS |
Items |
Apparent Size |
per Item |
On Disk |
per Item |
hsf_0/ |
176893 |
162.0 MB |
0.94 KB |
100.2 MB |
0.58 KB |
hsf_1/ |
165189 |
152.5 MB |
0.94 KB |
93.9 MB |
0.58 KB |
hsf_2/ |
138268 |
182.1 MB |
1.35 KB |
78.4 MB |
0.58 KB |
hsf_3/ |
91543 |
85.3 MB |
0.95 KB |
52.9 MB |
0.59 KB |
hsf_6/ |
87773 |
81.2 MB |
0.95 KB |
50.8 MB |
0.59 KB |
hsf_7/ |
85758 |
79.6 MB |
0.95 KB |
49.7 MB |
0.59 KB |
hsf_4/ |
84587 |
77.1 MB |
0.93 KB |
48.0 MB |
0.58 KB |
Total |
830011 |
819.2 MB |
1.01 KB |
474.1 MB |
0.58 KB |
*Local Disk Utilization*
Ext4 |
Items |
Apparent Size |
per Item |
On Disk |
per Item |
hsf_0/ |
176893 |
694.4 MB |
4.02 KB |
113.2 MB |
0.65 KB |
hsf_1/ |
165189 |
648.2 MB |
4.02 KB |
106.3 MB |
0.66 KB |
hsf_2/ |
138268 |
541.6 MB |
4.01 KB |
89.4 MB |
0.66 KB |
hsf_3/ |
91543 |
357.6 MB |
4.00 KB |
62.0 MB |
0.69 KB |
hsf_6/ |
87773 |
342.9 MB |
4.00 KB |
58.6 MB |
0.68 KB |
hsf_7/ |
85758 |
335.0 MB |
4.00 KB |
57.4 MB |
0.68 KB |
hsf_4/ |
84587 |
330.4 MB |
4.00 KB |
55.8 MB |
0.67 KB |
Total |
830011 |
3250.1 MB |
4.01 KB |
542.7 MB |
0.67 KB |