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In response to the df command, the system reports a Use% of 98% for the filesystem mounted on /home. Which one of the following best describes the significance of this information?

  1. Files on /home are consuming 98% of the /home filesystem

  2. File read/write activity on /home is consuming 98% of system I/O capacity.

  3. Files on /home are consuming 98% of the physical disk

  4. Inodes on /home are nearly exhausted.
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Explanation

The df command reports filesystem disk space usage, and Use% 98% means that 98% of the /home filesystem's storage capacity is consumed by files. It does not report I/O activity (that would be iostat), physical disk usage across all filesystems, or inode exhaustion (which would be reported separately as IUse%). The Use% field specifically refers to the percentage of filesystem capacity used.

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