Disk Space

Roth · February 29th, 2008, 12:53 PM

I have a VPS, and 15GB of space to work with.

I have two accounts in my WHM, one uses roughly 7GB of space, the other uses about 50MB (not much).

I also have a folder for backups, which is around 1GB.

So, I should be using between 8-9GB, depending on the size of the OS.

However it says I am using up 13GB of my space.

My guess is some kind of backup file went missing somewhere random, but I have no idea where to look for it. Is there a way to search for the largest files in linux? Or to find the folders where most of the space is being used? This would help me pinpoint where the rogue files are. Thanks!

**Roxy** · February 29th, 2008, 12:57 PM

Try logging into your FTP account and checking there. The folders with all of your backup files are located there, they are the first to show up before going into public_html.

Roth · February 29th, 2008, 1:01 PM

theres nothing in the /home/user/ directories, I've checked.

Also I moved all my backups to a created /backups/ directory.

So it could technically be anywhere on the server lol.

I'm looking more for a linux command line solution.

I tried doing:

ls -RSl

from the / directory, which basically just outputs every single file on the server, organized by size, and displays detailed information for each, however it organizes it by size PER folder... I kind of which it would organize by size OVERALL

**MarkRH** · February 29th, 2008, 1:08 PM

Well, I know on a shared account, the disk space used calculation includes mysql databases and email accounts as well since all of those also consume your disk space allocation.

**removed** · February 29th, 2008, 1:33 PM

What's your VPS's IP address? I can have a quick look around and let you know what I find.

Roth · February 29th, 2008, 1:40 PM

66.7.208.155

**removed** · February 29th, 2008, 1:50 PM

The disk usage looks to be correct. /backups has almost 1GB worth of backups in it, and /usr/local/cpanel-rollback has a bunch of backup copies of cPanel config files. You can safely delete /usr/local/cpanel-rollback

Give du -h --max-depth=1 | grep G (or M to filter for anything that uses less than 1GB) a try next time you want to hunt down what's using the majority of your disk space.

Roth · February 29th, 2008, 2:23 PM

Damn cPanel uses up an insane amount of memory. Thanks for the command, I didn't know about any du command hehe.

**removed** · February 29th, 2008, 2:27 PM

cPanel is pretty bad about disk usage, but the CentOS version we install on our servers is no prize pig when it comes to disk space, either.

Good luck!

February 29th, 2008, 12:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Roth Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Aug 2007 15 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Disk Space I have a VPS, and 15GB of space to work with. I have two accounts in my WHM, one uses roughly 7GB of space, the other uses about 50MB (not much). I also have a folder for backups, which is around 1GB. So, I should be using between 8-9GB, depending on the size of the OS. However it says I am using up 13GB of my space. My guess is some kind of backup file went missing somewhere random, but I have no idea where to look for it. Is there a way to search for the largest files in linux? Or to find the folders where most of the space is being used? This would help me pinpoint where the rogue files are. Thanks!

February 29th, 2008, 12:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Roxy URB4N 5K1LLZ Super #1 Joined in Sep 2005 Lives in Orlando, FL Hosted on SH63 2,648 posts Gave thanks: 81 Thanked 127 times	Try logging into your FTP account and checking there. The folders with all of your backup files are located there, they are the first to show up before going into public_html. __________________ Roxanne Surpass Staff Urban Roxy -Personal Blog SH63 - the best darn shared server!

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Roth Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Aug 2007 15 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	theres nothing in the /home/user/ directories, I've checked. Also I moved all my backups to a created /backups/ directory. So it could technically be anywhere on the server lol. I'm looking more for a linux command line solution. I tried doing: ls -RSl from the / directory, which basically just outputs every single file on the server, organized by size, and displays detailed information for each, however it organizes it by size PER folder... I kind of which it would organize by size OVERALL Last edited by Roth; February 29th, 2008 at 1:03 PM.

February 29th, 2008, 1:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
MarkRH Race Surpass Super #1 Joined in Jul 2006 Lives in Oklahoma City, OK Hosted on sh102 1,176 posts Gave thanks: 18 Thanked 85 times	Well, I know on a shared account, the disk space used calculation includes mysql databases and email accounts as well since all of those also consume your disk space allocation. __________________ SH102 : Mark Headrick - Blog - Gallery Pelicar \| Company of Valor \| Mysstie Wolfestar

February 29th, 2008, 1:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX 7,572 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 263 times	What's your VPS's IP address? I can have a quick look around and let you know what I find. __________________ Surpass Abuse & Security unofficial IRC chat: #surpass irc.blessed.net (efnet)

February 29th, 2008, 1:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Roth Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Aug 2007 15 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	66.7.208.155

February 29th, 2008, 1:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX 7,572 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 263 times	The disk usage looks to be correct. /backups has almost 1GB worth of backups in it, and /usr/local/cpanel-rollback has a bunch of backup copies of cPanel config files. You can safely delete /usr/local/cpanel-rollback Give du -h --max-depth=1 \| grep G (or M to filter for anything that uses less than 1GB) a try next time you want to hunt down what's using the majority of your disk space. __________________ Surpass Abuse & Security unofficial IRC chat: #surpass irc.blessed.net (efnet)

February 29th, 2008, 2:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Roth Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Aug 2007 15 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Damn cPanel uses up an insane amount of memory. Thanks for the command, I didn't know about any du command hehe.

February 29th, 2008, 2:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX 7,572 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 263 times	cPanel is pretty bad about disk usage, but the CentOS version we install on our servers is no prize pig when it comes to disk space, either. Good luck! __________________ Surpass Abuse & Security unofficial IRC chat: #surpass irc.blessed.net (efnet)

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