Disk Space Issues
 

Op 9-5-2011 10:48, Daniel Linux schreef:
What you would do after you found a full filesystem?
It is just a general question that was asked in my class of
operating systems and nobody had an answer.



Thanks,



On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace
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On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote:


Yes, I need generic steps. After running * df -h * I know
what

filesystem is almost full. What should I do?



du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with
--max-depth to limit the output.








With # du -h --max-depth=1 you can find what directory is taking all
of the space. Next is take the right action, by emtying /* deleting
the file, or moving the directory to an new disk.



Also when you* reply on en mail please place your text below.



Kind regards,



Michiel Piscaer

Disk Space Issues
 

Hi,

Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues.

Thanks,

D.A
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Disk Space Issues
 

On 05/09/2011 03:23 AM, Daniel Linux wrote:

Hi,

Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues.



Too generic. Not enough information.

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Yes, I need generic steps. After running** df -h** I know what filesystem is almost full. What should I do?

Thanks,

DA


On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

On 05/09/2011 03:23 AM, Daniel Linux wrote:


Hi,



Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues.






Too generic. *Not enough information.



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On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote:

Yes, I need generic steps. After running df -h I know what
filesystem is almost full. What should I do?
du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to
limit the output.



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What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer.

Thanks,

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace <lists-in@deathbycomputers.co.uk> wrote:

On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote:


Yes, I need generic steps. After running * df -h * I know what

filesystem is almost full. What should I do?


du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to limit the output.





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You look for the biggest file. (I feel a GOML moment approaching.)

On 05/09/2011 03:48 AM, Daniel Linux wrote:

What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general
question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an
answer.

Thanks,

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace
<lists-in@deathbycomputers.co.uk>wrote:


On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote:


Yes, I need generic steps. After running df -h I know what
filesystem is almost full. What should I do?


du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to limit
the output.



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the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally
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On Monday 09 May 2011 09:48:44 Daniel Linux wrote:
> What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general
> question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an
> answer.

I currently have this problem on two of my disks. As I see it, I have 3
realistic choices: delete enough stuff to free up a realistic percentage if
the disks; buy myself 2 new larger disks; and copy a large chunk of stuff I
want to keep, but only need rarely, onto another (external?) disk. I am
trying the last first, and have bought an external drive. But I haven't yet
done it, and may not succeed in moving enough!

Lisi


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On 09/05/11 09:48, Daniel Linux wrote:

What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a
general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and
nobody had an answer.


It all depends on context, you'll need to add a little more detail. For
instance:
As an administrator, you'd probably go find big files and go shout at
their creator.

As an application developer, you'd need to gracefully handle the error.


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Depends. Best case, you built your system using LVM and have reserved
space. You can check this using the df command. If your filesystems
start with /dev/mapper, then you are using LVM. You can check for free
space using the vgdisplay command (as root):



# vgdisplay

...Snip...

* Alloc PE / Size****** 96637 / 377.49 GiB

* Free* PE / Size****** 80065 / 312.75 GiB



The free PE/Size line shows you the available space. You could then extend the filesystem that is having issues:



# lvextend -L+10G /dev/VG00/foo



If you are using standard hard drive partitions (/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb2, etc), then you have to do it the old school way.

Using a tool like df, find a directory tree that is large enough that moving it off of the filesystem would make a difference, then copy it to a partition with more space, then symlink it back to its original location.


This is an older and uglier way to do it as you could, over time wind up with a bunch of these symlinks all over your hard drive.

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On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Daniel Linux <darjona.linux@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues.

Thanks,

D.A
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