RHEL8: du shows more consumed space than df on a XFS filesystem

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When comparing consumed space on a XFS filesystem, # du shows more consumed space than # df.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • XFS

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