这称为
slack space:
Each layer of abstraction on top of individual bits and bytes results in wasted space when a datafile is smaller than the smallest data unit the file system is capable of tracking. This wasted space within a sector, cluster, or block is commonly referred to as slack space, and it cannot normally be used for storage of additional data. For individual 256-byte sectors, the maximum wasted space is 255 bytes. For 64 kilobyte clusters, the maximum wasted space is 65,535 bytes.
因此,如果您的文件系统以64 KB为单位分配空间,并且存储3 KB文件,则:
>文件的实际大小为3 KB.
>文件的驻留大小为64 KB,因为该单元中剩余的61 KB无法分配给另一个文件,因此丢失.
注意:某些文件系统支持block suballocation,这有助于通过将多个小文件(或大文件的尾端)分配到同一个块来缓解此问题.