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the following simulates a transfer of the files in the current directory to 5 servers.
#!/bin/bash
servers=(
1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3 4.4.4.4
5.5.5.5
)
# /bin/ksh syntax:
#set -A servers...

Use ls -ls to see how many blocks each file uses (listed at the beginning of the line):
efs:/home2/myid/z/blocktest $ ls -ls
total 6
2 -rw-rw---- 1 myid mygroup 52 May 3 08:53 file.dat
...

It tells you the number of hard links. Here is a nice blog article which describes a bit more in depth:

http://www.giannistsakiris.com/index.php/2011/04/15/counting-and-listing-hard-links-on-linux/