Disk Utilization

[Nathan]

Brian/List,

I took your suggestions and was double checking them when I found my problem. I've linked 
/var/logs/apache to /usr/local/apache/logs. So, where I initially thought everything should be 
static, I was wrong. I'm in the process of pulling 500 meg of apache logs off the server.

Speaking of security, I know there's been a thread recently about patching Redhat distros. For the 
new admin, it can be a bit daunting trying to figure out where to start. Of all the updated 
packages on Redhat's site, how do I determine which ones I should download and install? I don't 
want to add new packages to the server (there's already too much installed) but I haven't patched 
anything, and I know my RH 7 needs attention.

Nathan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brian Densmore 
To: Nathan ; kclug at kclug.org 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: RE: Disk Utilization

Uninstall X. It is a huge disk hog and what are you going to do with it on an internet server? You 
really shouldn't need it. Caveat, some systems use pieces of X even if you don' use X. This could 
potentially turn your nice little server into dogmeat, fry the internet, bring about Armageddon, 
etc., etc., etc..
 
My box is like this:
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3             343M   82M  243M  25% /
/dev/hda1              16M  1.7M   14M  11% /boot
/dev/hdb3             476M   31M  420M   7% /home
/dev/hdb2             292M   13k  276M   0% /tmp
/dev/hda4             347M  278M   50M  85% /usr
/dev/hdb1             292M   30M  246M  11% /var

I've been meaning to add a new drive. 
My usage in the /usr partition has been static. 
 
Why is yours going up is the first question you should ask. Are you installing things there? If 
not, are logfile/statistics being written there? If not, have you been hacked into? Where is 
apache, and apache's site(s) content stored? Can pieces of apache/content/logs be moved to /home or 
/var directories? 
 
/var, /tmp and /home are the directories that you should see changing, not /usr.
 
Hope this is useful,
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan [mailto:nate.lists at we-communicate.com]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:24 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Disk Utlization

Hello,

First time poster, but I've been on the list for awhile now. 

Here's the current problem. My server (it's a dedicated server hosted in Atlanta) seems to be 
filling up the /usr (I'm not sure what to call it), mount point, partition, whatever.

DF looks like this:

Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda7               521748     65308    429936  14% /
/dev/hda2                23333      5473     16656  25% /boot
/dev/hda9                69973        14     66346   1% /tmp
/dev/hda5              2838216   2541744    152292  95% /usr
/dev/hda6              2537872     55896   2353056   3% /var
/dev/hda1              3099260    382696   2559132  14% /home

My hosting provider set up the box, I didn't have control over the sizes.  I've cleaned out as much 
as I can (that I know of) off /usr, such as compressing the X11* folder and moving the zipped file. 
I've had it down to as low as 90%, but in the past month, it's crept up again.
 
Any ideas?
 
Nathan