[BlueOnyx:05481] Re: need space

[Dr. Blunt]

With my limited knowledge I tend to do:
du -h / | grep ^[0-9.]*G

The results for a server might read:
1.4G    /home/.users/112/admin
1.4G    /home/.users/112
1.4G    /home/.users
1.3G    /home/.sites
3.5G    /home
6.4G    /

This tells me where some of the larger files my be located.
David


At 02:50 PM 9/27/2010, you wrote:
>Sure,
>
>Go into any directory (like the root / directory in your case) and use the 
>command "du -hs *".  That gives you the "Disk Usage".  The "h" switch 
>gives it to you in human readable (KB, MB, GB).  And the "s" switch causes 
>it to summarize, so directories are given to you as one entry with its size.
>
>If you've ever got a question about what's eating up your drive or 
>partition space - go to the root of that partition and use that 
>command.  Look for the oversized or ridiculously big directory, switch to 
>it, and run the command again.  Sooner or later, it will lead you to the 
>file or directory eating up your drive space.
>
>This can also be a good command to run BEFORE you have problems.  Run it 
>against your root directory and the directory that makes up each of your 
>partitions (like /var /usr /home).  Run those commands when you first set 
>up the box and have it completely operational - and store the results.  If 
>you've ever got questions afterward, you can compare sizes of the new box 
>with the current.  For example - if you haven't added software, or done 
>significant updates - /usr shouldn't change appreciably.  There are a lot 
>of "this directory should change under these conditions" and "that 
>directory should never change" rules.  You've got to know how your box 
>works and what its doing to recognize those - but it can be very helpful 
>to know what those directory size values were in a new-condition box.  And 
>it can help you troubleshoot problems, broken software, configurations, or 
>even hacked servers.
>
>
>
>Chuck
>
>
>P.S. - Using that command can put a significant LOAD on the system.  Don't 
>do it during peak/busy hours.  And for systems with large/full drives - 
>expect to be waiting a while!
>
>
>
>
>---------- Original Message -----------
>From: Carlos Quinones <wp4mxb at playero.net>
>To: gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com, BlueOnyx General Mailing List 
><blueonyx at blueonyx.it>
>Sent: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:47:38 -0400
>Subject: [BlueOnyx:05478] Re: need space
>
> > i just got 9% more space i check the /boot every thing i just gain 9%
> > only
> > i there a way i can find out what is take to much space??
> >
> > [root at www admin]#   df -h
> > Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/md1              1.9G  1.6G   260M  86% /
> > /dev/md2              1.9G  220M   1.6G  13% /var
> > /dev/md5              1.9G   34M   1.8G   2% /tmp
> > /dev/md6               67G  141M   64G   1% /home
> > none                  506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
> >
> > On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 22:50 -0500, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 22:58 -0400, Carlos Quinones wrote:
> > > > is there a way to get more spece i see that my server is losing space
> > > >
> > > > [root at www logrotate.d]# df -h
> > > > Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > > > /dev/md1              1.9G   1.7G   94M  95% /
> > > > /dev/md2              1.9G   231M  1.6G  13% /var
> > > > /dev/md5              1.9G   34M  1.8G   2% /tmp
> > > > /dev/md6               67G   121M   64G   1% /home
> > > > none                   506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
> > > >
> > > > the /dev/md1 all most full i like gain space can any one help me 
> please.
> > > >
> > >
> > > look at your kernels and remove some
> > > check the running kernel and remove all that are older
> > >   rpm -qa | grep kernel
> > > then
> > >   yum remove <kernel>
> > >   <kernel/s> found in the rpm -qa command
> > > then check /boot and remove any files for that kernel
> > >
> > > Gera;d
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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