[clue-tech] ext3 missing disk space?

[Adrian Noland]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Dan Harris wrote:

>
> On Aug 9, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Nate Duehr wrote:
>
>>  On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:25:14PM -0600, Dan Harris wrote:
>> 
>> >  Something strange happened today.  I have an ext3 filesystem and I
>> >  deleted a directory that was about 118 gigs in size ( database
>> >  stuff ).  And the command finished instantly.  Sure enough the
>> >  directory is now gone, however 'df' still reports all that disk space
>> >  being used!
>> > 
>> >  Any ideas how to get this free space back?
>> > 
>>
>>  That usually means that something still has the file open.
>>
>>  fuser might help you find the culprit.
>> 
>> 
>
> I've rebooted the box, that should have released it, no?
>
> -Dan
>

Was the DB Oracle? You might need to run something in Oracle to 
"de-allocate" or recover the deleted space. Something about the bitmaps 
Oracle sets aside for disk space is ringing a bell in my head.

Just a thought...

Adrian.
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