[BlueOnyx:15770] Re: /var partition frequently filling up

[Steven Howes]

On 12 Aug 2014, at 16:21, Felix Kaegi <f.kaegi at fairtalk.com> wrote:
> The /var partition on our SL/BlueOnyx server is frequently filling up. The partition has 4GB of disk space and BO reports a 96% disk usage and refuses to do YUM updates and even terminates the mail server. 
> 
> How best to resolve this on a permanent basis?

Find out what’s causing it. Look around and see where the space has gone.

Run:

du --max-depth=1 /var

And see where it’s all used. You can remove the /var of the end and CD into directories to see where it’s gone, working down through layers until you find it.

Steve
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