Space Used on Hardrive - It's Not Right

Gareth · June 15th, 2007, 3:36 PM

Hello all,

Basically, I've spoken to support about this before...a solution has not really been found so I'm not going to bother them again about this issue. However, I know something is certainly not right. I'm looking for suggestions, or help in this topic.

Right now, my hardrive usage is at a worrying 93% (of 80GB). This happened sporadically overnight, one night it was at 59% - the next at 92%.

I checked how much the accounts were using on the server, and that only totals 22GB. Bearing in mind 59GB is apparently being used, what is using 37GB? Nothing? Backups are sent to a secondary hard drive for anyone wondering, but if any staff member would like to help me out...I'd really appreciate it.

As it is, 37GB is being used up by...(nothing?)...and is currently forcing me into a hard drive upgrade. I hope this is Surpass evily getting more money out of me :P

Thanks in advance,
Gareth

**removed** · June 15th, 2007, 4:31 PM

Are you familiar with SSH? Log in as root using PuTTY or another SSH client, and:

Code:

cd /home
du -h --max-depth=2|grep G

That'll tell you what's eating up the most space. If you can't find anything there, try:

Code:

/scripts/fixquotas

. . .although that rarely fixes quote issues for me.

Gareth · June 15th, 2007, 4:40 PM

It seems 33GB is being used needlessly,

Quote:

33G ./virtfs

Is that required?

**twirp** · June 15th, 2007, 8:47 PM

What OS are you using...?

Gareth · June 16th, 2007, 7:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twirp

What OS are you using...?

We are using CentOS.

June 15th, 2007, 3:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gareth Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jan 2006 72 posts Gave thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Space Used on Hardrive - It's Not Right Hello all, Basically, I've spoken to support about this before...a solution has not really been found so I'm not going to bother them again about this issue. However, I know something is certainly not right. I'm looking for suggestions, or help in this topic. Right now, my hardrive usage is at a worrying 93% (of 80GB). This happened sporadically overnight, one night it was at 59% - the next at 92%. I checked how much the accounts were using on the server, and that only totals 22GB. Bearing in mind 59GB is apparently being used, what is using 37GB? Nothing? Backups are sent to a secondary hard drive for anyone wondering, but if any staff member would like to help me out...I'd really appreciate it. As it is, 37GB is being used up by...(nothing?)...and is currently forcing me into a hard drive upgrade. I hope this is Surpass evily getting more money out of me :P Thanks in advance, Gareth __________________ Surpass Dedicated Server Customer - http://www.hostedfx.com

June 15th, 2007, 4:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX Hosted on NONE 7,797 posts Gave thanks: 11 Thanked 278 times	Are you familiar with SSH? Log in as root using PuTTY or another SSH client, and: Code: cd /home du -h --max-depth=2\|grep G That'll tell you what's eating up the most space. If you can't find anything there, try: Code: /scripts/fixquotas . . .although that rarely fixes quote issues for me.

June 15th, 2007, 8:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
twirp DemonicAngel Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in Wherever The World Takes Me Hosted on Pass76 1,847 posts Gave thanks: 28 Thanked 35 times	What OS are you using...? __________________ You wear Vans so high school kids will think that you can skate. He wears Vans because he can skate. TwiRp wears Vans because they were on sale. Pass76 wants Vans.

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