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 ### Why my 010 replicated volume files have different size?
 
-This is normal. The compaction may not happen at exactly the same time. Or the replicated writes failed in the middle, so there is a deletion file appended following the partially written file.
+The volumes are consistent, but not necessarily the same size or the same number of files. This could be due to these reasons:
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+* If some files are written only to some but not all of the replicas, the writes are considered failed (A best-effort attempt will try to delete the written files).
+* The compaction may not happen at exactly the same time.
 
 ### Why weed volume server loses connection with master?