[clug] very FAT linux filesystems or cluster pixes?

[A Gupta]

With that sort of size variation, block size difference doesn't explain it.

I think either they may be showing the size based on total raw disk space
you use (if you are provided RAID volume etc) or by default there might be
some files/utilities occupying around 15MB space in the file system which
are hidden from the end user.

Cheers, Anshul

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Scott Ferguson <
scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can any one give me a reason why the same files should dramatically
> change size according to the file system it resides on?
>
> Eg#0 1960 files in 259 sub-folders == 11.8MB debian lenny server ext3
>
> Eg#1 same files, checked with md5 sums == 11.8MB debian squeeze server ext4
>
> Eg#2 ditto, == 11.8MB on unknow OS and files system (*cough* godaddy
> *spit*)
>
> Eg#3 ditto, == 27MB CentOS, unknown filesystem (other web hosting company)
>
> ftp & cPanel always seem to show Eg#3 as using close to double the
> amount of space used elsewhere for the identical files. I've even md5
> summed before uploading, then downloaded and checked. On host #3 the
> system shows almost twice the space being used...
>
> I have access to several accounts on host #3 and when I check I find the
> same thing - the same files on that host occupy almost twice the space
> they do on file systems I control - whether physical or virtual.
>
> My strong suspicion is that I'm being scammed but I don't have proof, I
> can't work out how it's being done, or why. None of the affected
> accounts pay more because of the "different" space measurements (they
> still have free space). Feeling pretty stupid here, because I've used
> and advocated the company for some time, and only just noticed the
> problem (undocumented feature?) when I went to move an existing cms from
> a webserver where it occupies 22MB of space to another hosted server
> with 30MB and started running out of space.... which lead me to examine
> the space used by other clients on the same host :-(
>
> Individually the hosted files (Eg#3) show as the correct size in cPanel
> and in ftp, it's in total that the discrepancy arises - even after
> emptying the public_html, and verifying via cPanel that no space is
> used, and re-installing.
>
> Curiouser, and curiouser...
>
> Thanks in advance.
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