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where is my hdd space

I am new to linux and installed Centos with default configuration without applying any custom settings, while I have 512 GB SSD drive but on gnome it shows only 75 gb, when I tried to run fdisk command it shows some partition but I dont see them on…
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Apparent Negative free disk space and FreeBSD 12

Just curious as to what's happening here. This is just a non-prod VM that I have at home. Curious as to what leads to the 'negative' available diskspace. This is FreeBSD 12 running under VMWare ESXi 7. FreeBSD ssh1.rynhart.co.nz 12.0-RELEASE-p10…
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Fresh Ubuntu 20.04 install no disk space on / and unable to extend

I have fresh Ubuntu 20.04 with 50GB disk size installed using defaults. Now I don't have any space left on /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev …
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Best and simple way to prevent automatic backups filling all disk space in Linux, before it actually happens

Which do you think is the best and most simple way to prevent automatic backups filling all disk space in Linux, before it actually happens? I would like to automatically recycle the oldest ones when the disk reaches, let's say 85% full
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df shows low disk space. It includes a directory which uses mount --bind for chroot sftp

I've setup a chroot environment for sftp access (sftp only, no shell). The sftp user needs rw access to a host directory. I mounted it via /etc/fstab /var/www/html /home/sftp-user/jail/html none bind 0 0 When I do df -h I get the…
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How to increase available disk space in thinly provisioned VM?

I created a thinly provisioned CentOS VM on an ESXi instance. To use nice numbers, let's say I configured a max disk space of 500 GB. After installing the OS and booting, when I open File Manager and navigate to computer, it shows that ~20 GB are…
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Expanding synology virtual machine disk - disk space not recognized

I've created a Virtual Machine in Synology Disk Station Manager (an ubuntu server) with a specific amount of storage space in a virtual disk, but I have depleted it. Went to Synology Disk Station / Virtual Machine Manager again and expanded the…
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Do PHP session files normally count towards disk usage on shared hosting?

Do PHP session files normally count towards disk usage on shared hosting? The title is pretty much the question. The files are outside of my home directory, so I can't delete them. They include some deleted backups too. The paths to the files…
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Command line tool to analyse disk space based on file types

Basically, I'm looking for something like Windirstat that works well on the command line and is easy to distribute over a network. I've tried sysinternals du (can't exclude/include file types), diruse (limited like du), cygwin du (too slow). I've…
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How to extend disk space in the current partition (with cmdlets)

I have my current partition disk space (found at /dev/mapper/cl-root) set at 50Go on my CentOS server. I want to extend the current disk space (to become 500Go) used in a neat way with commands. How to do it ? UPDATE : parted -l lsblk returns…
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How much disk space is required to install KVM hypervisor on a CentOS machine?

I want to install KVM on my CentOS machine. But the main partition size of my CentOS is about 50GB with only 15GB available. My question is should i extend the main partition in order to install KVM ? if yes, how to extend the main partition…
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HDFS. How to free 1 particular disk

I have cluster with 3 servers. 2 of them have 2 TB disks and another one have 500 Gb SSD. I am trying to use balancer, but I still get 70% of usage on 2TB disks and 99% on 500Gb due to non-dfs files. Replication coefficient=2. Is it possible to free…
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PowerShell script to report free disk space on servers

I am required to get reports about free disk space on our exchange servers. I found this link : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/PowerShell-Script-Sample-f7164554 But I am unable to successfully run it...anybody got a better/easier…
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Balancing Docker images between SSD and HDD

I have a Docker installation inside a VM, which has access to 64 GiB SSD and 1 TiB HDD, these live on RAID controllers outside the VM. Now I'd like to keep images that are used by active containers on the SSD, and inactive images on HDD. Is there a…
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Soft quota on GPT partition

I have a GPT partition on Windows Server which is shared over the network and works with RAID controller. I want it to be extended automatically when it reaches it's limit and users are adding files to this drive. What is the way to achieve this?…
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