[Gluster-users] support the sparse files

[sac]

Hi Roberto,

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:31 PM, sac <sac at gluster.com> wrote:
> Hi Roberto,
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Roberto Scudeller <beto.rvs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Gluster support a sparse files?
>>
>> example: dd if=/dev/zero of=archive_sparse bs=1M count=0 seek=10239
>>
>> Create a sparse file with 10GB, show in ls -lh, but in du -h show 512bytes.
>>
>
> That is how it works on the local filesystem as well. Gluster has
> nothing to do with this, that is how du and ls work.
>

Here is a small detail I put up on the ls and du behavior with respect
to sparse files:
http://sacurs.blogspot.com/2011/05/sparse-files-du-vs-ls-h.html

Hope it helps.

-Sachidananda.