Tracking file storage space use

[Bob Elzer]

I found this perl script in Linux Journal. What's great is it creates a web
page, that everyone can look at, and see who the disk hogs are.

Article http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2416

Linux Gazette http://linuxgazette.net/issue18/disk_hog.html better picture
of web page generated at the end.



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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric
Shubert
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:19 AM
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Subject: Re: Tracking file storage space use

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

I would think that a periodic find command could suffice. You could write a
find command that would "find all of the files over 1 gig that were created
in the last 24 hours", then put it in cron.daily/. You can tailor the find
command to suit your situation.

--
-Eric 'shubes'

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