using 'du -h /home' you can find out who is the space hog On 7/6/09, Alan Dayley wrote: > I have a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It's running very > well but lately we have been running out of disk space on occasion. > The truth is we need more storage and that solution is coming. In the > mean time, I need to figure out where all the space is being consumed. > > Every once in a while I can see 3-5GB get consumed in about a day. > Then, when I warn everyone we are running out, this space suddenly > comes free. I think a user is eating the space and then freeing it up > when my warning goes out. But none of the users will admit to this > behavior. That's not a big deal because, whether a user or not, I'd > like to know what or who is eating this space and then releasing it. > > The server is running SAMBA shares for /home and other directores, > Bugzilla with MySQL on the database, TWiki, Subversion, CVS and ftp > services. Tracking each of these individually may be a bear. I was > thinking there may be a tool that tracks recent usage from the file > system level. > > What tools can I use to get a handle on this issue and increase my > knowledge about disk usage? > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss