How to see how much space is being used per domain/directory even?

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My client is using up to 300GB of disk space across three subdomains. Is there an easy way to see what is being used? For example, I would be able to see each subdomain and the size they are taking, and even each directory inside the subdomains? using ssh, or opensource application?

What OS? Also, the wording suggests you are talking about a web server but you really need to be clear about such things. — John Gardeniers, Nov 09 '10 at 04:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '10 at 02:51

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Linux box?

du -csh /path/to/directory

answered Nov 09 '10 at 02:51

erimar77

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great. how do i show the measurement in gb? – Zach Smith Nov 09 '10 at 03:01
The -h should make it "human readable".. Just look for the G and M next to the directory names. – erimar77 Nov 09 '10 at 03:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '10 at 22:06

For a detailed set of directory usage, I like to use:

du -x /path/to/top/directory | sort -rn | less

This will show the use of each directory (and all it's sub-contents), sorted with the largest at the top. The "-x" option is useful if the proc, sys, or other virtual file-systems are mounted (say you are running a du of the root directory).

For example, my 1.5GB /var has use like:

1572347     /var
1161430     /var/lib
1049414     /var/lib/pgsql
1049412     /var/lib/pgsql/data
934120      /var/lib/pgsql/data/base
857420      /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/16398
214904      /var/cache
188599      /var/cache/yum/i386/14
188599      /var/cache/yum/i386
188599      /var/cache/yum

Ah, I see it's time to do a "yum clean all". :-)

How to see how much space is being used per domain/directory even?

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