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Why directories size are different in ls -l output on XFS file system?

I can't understand why ls -l show folder size less then block size. For example: [user@01 NEW]$ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 78 Apr 22 00:43 controllers drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr ...
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Dynamically allocated inode table size?

I want to know, how inodes in some file system (like xfs or reiser) are allocated. In a nutshell I can't understand, what part of disk space are reserved for inode table (or this size will be increase ...
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Concurrent request to create directories

What happens if there are 2 concurrent requests to create a directory in file system (what are the differences concerning this problem between knonw FSs?)? Will one request success and another fail ...
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AIX what exactly is file system cache?

What exactly is FS cache or file system cache in AIX. Most of the time our performance charts show that main memory is mainly allocated for FS cache. Is this frequently read file data? or is this ...
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hard drive Noises from different file systems (NTFS, EXT3, etc)

I've been using many operating systems since many years ago, and I've noticed something curious that I cannot find answers in any place on the internet. It's the different noises produced by NTFS/FAT ...
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Unix Display Which Filesystem

How do I display which type of filesystem I am currently browsing (i.e. ext3, ext4, or xfs)?
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What does the + mean in the ACL output of “ls -l”?

ls -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 885 2010-07-08 13:55 /etc/backup-number-of-files* -rwxrwxr-x+ 1 levchuk Users 1067 2010-08-30 14:37 /etc/backup-running-time* Please notice the + on the 2nd ...