Copy file , file blocks is different

Ben Myers bpm at sgi.com
Thu Jan 24 12:03:21 CST 2013


Hi Homer,

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 09:42:45PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 05:48:25PM +0800, Homer Li wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >      There are 2 file in the xfs device,  md5 is the same,  but the size is
> > different.
> >       I don't know why .......
> 
> Speculative preallocation. Google "XFS NFS speculative
> preallocation"

Here's another recent thread where this has been discussed.
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2013-01/msg00044.html

It is a frequent question on the list, so I think we'll be adding it to the XFS
FAQ soon.  ;)

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

Regards,
	Ben



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