Last time that puzzle happened to us  (space used  is different in df and du) was when 
the mount point directory has
some files on it before the filesystem was actually mounted on it. Try to unmount the 
filesystem and check if the
mount point has some files on it.


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> => df reports of disk space usage is a lot more than what du
> => reports. What could be the possible causes and possible solutions?
>
> Try running fsck on the filesystem in question.  Could be that there
> is some damage from improper shutdowns or something.
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