02-19-2013
du does not measure the strict size of the files. du measures disk used, at the sector and cluster level.
Perhaps one of your files was a sparse file -- a file with a big hole of empty space in the middle. Many UNIX filesystems support these. You can make one by opening a file, seeking forward a whole bunch, then writing; the operating system will just mark the space before it as empty instead of actually storing all the 0's. du's results will be skewed for it, since it measures what's stored on disk, not the length of the file itself.
It's difficult to replicate sparse files with the sparse section intact. They usually get converted to real binary 0's instead of an actual hole. This would make them bigger when copied by any traditional means.
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ocf_heartbeat_rsyncd
OCF_HEARTBEAT_RSYNCD(7) OCF resource agents OCF_HEARTBEAT_RSYNCD(7)
NAME
ocf_heartbeat_rsyncd - Manages an rsync daemon
SYNOPSIS
rsyncd [start | stop | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]
DESCRIPTION
This script manages rsync daemon
SUPPORTED PARAMETERS
binpath
The rsync binary path. For example, "/usr/bin/rsync" (optional, string, default rsync)
conffile
The rsync daemon configuration file name with full path. For example, "/etc/rsyncd.conf" (optional, string, default /etc/rsyncd.conf)
bwlimit
This option allows you to specify a maximum transfer rate in kilobytes per second. This option is most effective when using rsync with
large files (several megabytes and up). Due to the nature of rsync transfers, blocks of data are sent, then if rsync determines the
transfer was too fast, it will wait before sending the next data block. The result is an average transfer rate equaling the specified
limit. A value of zero specifies no limit. (optional, string, no default)
SUPPORTED ACTIONS
This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):
start
Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s.
stop
Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s.
monitor
Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s. Suggested interval: 60s.
validate-all
Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s.
meta-data
Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5s.
EXAMPLE
The following is an example configuration for a rsyncd resource using the crm(8) shell:
primitive p_rsyncd ocf:heartbeat:rsyncd
op monitor depth="0" timeout="20s" interval="60s"
SEE ALSO
http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/rsyncd_(resource_agent)
AUTHOR
Linux-HA contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors)
resource-agents UNKNOWN 03/09/2014 OCF_HEARTBEAT_RSYNCD(7)