No space left on device on xfs filesystem with 1.6TB free

[Dave Chinner]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:15:59PM +0100, Christian Kujau wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Dave Chinner wrote:
>> The only way to fix this is to move data around to free up space
>> below 1TB. Find your oldest data (i.e. that was around before even
>> the first grow) and move it off the filesystem (move, not copy).
>> Then if you copy it back on, the data blocks will end up above 1TB
>> and that should leave you with plenty of space for inodes below 1TB.
>
> With volumes bigger and bigger, should this procedure be mentioned in  
> the xfs_growfs manpage or in the XFS FAQ?

Sure: the FAQ is a wiki now so you can add it yourself. ;)

http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com