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rightster
Nov 27, 2014Aspirant
Root partition full and can't account for all 4GB
I am trying to figure out how the 3.1G of the 4G root partition is being used. I'm at 84% right now but it's been as high as 98% and don't want to run into that situation again.
I can't figure out where all that disk space is being used at. When I look at the du excluding the other mount points I can only see about 1.8G of usage.
root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 4.0G 3.1G 610M 84% /
tmpfs 10M 4.0K 10M 1% /dev
/dev/md0 4.0G 3.1G 610M 84% /
tmpfs 1.9G 44K 1.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 1.9G 21M 1.9G 2% /run
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /media
/dev/md127 28T 9.9T 18T 37% /data
/dev/md127 28T 9.9T 18T 37% /home
/dev/md127 28T 9.9T 18T 37% /apps
/dev/md127 28T 9.9T 18T 37% /var/ftp/syslog
/dev/md127 28T 9.9T 18T 37% /run/nfs4/home
I can't figure out where all that disk space is being used at. When I look at the du excluding the other mount points I can only see about 1.8G of usage.
root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# du -k /* --exclude=/data --exclude=/home --exclude=/apps --exclude=/run/sfs4/home --exclude=/dev/shm --exclude=/run --exclude=/sys/fs/cgroup --exclude=/media --max-depth=1 | sort -nr | cut -f2 | xargs -d '\n' du -sh
1.1G /var
503M /usr
116M /opt
67M /frontview
47M /root
36M /lib
7.9M /sbin
7.0M /bin
7.0M /etc
52K /tmp
8.0K /cp_check_md5sums.sh
4.0K /logs
4.0K /lib64
4.0K /homes
48K /dev
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- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
# lsof | grep deleted
# btrfs fi show
# bttfs fi df /
# cat /var/log/frontview/initrd.log
# du -csh /var/*
# du- csh /var/log/*
# du -csh /var/log/frontview/* - rightsterAspirantthanks for those list of commands. I noticed a few were reporting on the log locations and that's where Netgear support cleaned up some files but it was only a few MB worth and brought down the 98% to 84%.
Here's the output...root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# lsof | grep deleted
mysqld 3483 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3499 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3499 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3499 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3499 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3499 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3500 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3500 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3500 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3500 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3500 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3501 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3501 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3501 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3501 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3501 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3502 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3502 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3502 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3502 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3502 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3503 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3503 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3503 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3503 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3503 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3504 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3504 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3504 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3504 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3504 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3505 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3505 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3505 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3505 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3505 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3506 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3506 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3506 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3506 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3506 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3507 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3507 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3507 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3507 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3507 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3508 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3508 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3508 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3508 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3508 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3602 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3602 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3602 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3602 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3602 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3603 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3603 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3603 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3603 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3603 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3604 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3604 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3604 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3604 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3604 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3605 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3605 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3605 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3605 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3605 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3626 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3626 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3626 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3626 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3626 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3634 mysql 4u REG 0,16 0 1784576 /tmp/ib7p9lJS (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3634 mysql 5u REG 0,16 0 1784577 /tmp/ibUBcxDX (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3634 mysql 6u REG 0,16 0 1784578 /tmp/ib9X1Ix2 (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3634 mysql 7u REG 0,16 0 1784580 /tmp/ibnKrPnc (deleted)
mysqld 3483 3634 mysql 11u REG 0,16 0 1784581 /tmp/ibYZhjfk (deleted)
apache2 8103 root 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8105 root 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8106 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8107 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8108 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8109 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8110 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8132 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8180 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 8423 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
apache2 12576 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)
cron 17818 root 5u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
sh 17819 root 1u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
sh 17819 root 2u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
cp_update 17820 root 1u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
cp_update 17820 root 2u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
execsrv 18283 root 1u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
execsrv 18283 root 2u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
cp_monito 18289 root 1u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
cp_monito 18289 root 2u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
sleep 20706 root 1u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
sleep 20706 root 2u REG 0,16 2393 1786337 /tmp/tmpffLDsu1 (deleted)
apache2 25290 admin 14w REG 0,18 0 2300819 /run/apache2/ssl_mutex (deleted)root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# btrfs fi show
Label: '7c6e791a:root' uuid: 84c0ae2a-afe0-4b9f-8780-4028cce5ad3c
Total devices 1 FS bytes used 3.27GiB
devid 1 size 4.00GiB used 4.00GiB path /dev/md0
Label: '7c6e791a:data' uuid: bb71de93-e53e-431e-a4c1-0be29a97c289
Total devices 1 FS bytes used 9.80TiB
devid 1 size 27.24TiB used 10.06TiB path /dev/md127root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# btrfs fi df /
Data, single: total=3.59GiB, used=3.22GiB
System, DUP: total=4.00MiB, used=4.00KiB
System, single: total=4.00MiB, used=0.00
Metadata, DUP: total=204.69MiB, used=55.52MiBroot@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# cat /var/log/frontview/initrd.log
[2013/09/12 17:07:37] Factory default initiated due to new disks (no RAID, no partitions)!
[2013/09/12 17:08:22] Defaulting to X-RAID2 mode, RAID level 6
[2013/09/12 17:08:30] Factory default initiated on ReadyNASOS 6.1.1.
[2013/12/20 09:37:56] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.1 to 6.1.4.
[2014/01/03 10:46:35] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.4 to 6.1.5.
[2014/02/25 11:06:19] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.5 to 6.1.6.
[2014/05/08 09:24:18] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.6 (1391111179) to 6.1.7 (1396977042).
[2014/05/20 03:36:36] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.7 (1396977042) to 6.1.8 (1398980083).
[2014/07/28 06:22:27] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.8 (1398980083) to 6.1.8 (1398980083).
[2014/11/10 08:57:42] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.8 (1398980083) to 6.1.9 (1409791183).root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# du -csh /var/*
0 /var/agentx
53M /var/backups
144M /var/cache
4.0M /var/cores
0 /var/ftp
783M /var/lib
0 /var/local
4.0K /var/lock
112M /var/log
0 /var/mail
4.0K /var/netatalk
0 /var/opt
17M /var/readynasd
4.0K /var/run
8.0K /var/spool
0 /var/tmp
4.0K /var/www
1.1G totalroot@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# du -csh /var/log/*
8.0K /var/log/alternatives.log
112K /var/log/apache2
84K /var/log/apt
620K /var/log/auth.log
960K /var/log/auth.log.old
0 /var/log/btmp
52K /var/log/ctscand.log
376K /var/log/ctscand.log.old
1020K /var/log/daemon.log
1.1M /var/log/daemon.log.old
4.0K /var/log/dbconfig-common
64K /var/log/debug
64K /var/log/dmesg
64K /var/log/dmesg.0
16K /var/log/dmesg.1.gz
16K /var/log/dmesg.2.gz
16K /var/log/dmesg.3.gz
16K /var/log/dmesg.4.gz
280K /var/log/dpkg.log
9.7M /var/log/frontview
0 /var/log/fsck
31M /var/log/journal
960K /var/log/kern.log
1016K /var/log/kern.log.old
4.0K /var/log/LeafP2P.log
0 /var/log/lpr.log
0 /var/log/mail.err
0 /var/log/mail.info
0 /var/log/mail.log
0 /var/log/mail.warn
57M /var/log/messages
0 /var/log/mysql
0 /var/log/mysql.err
0 /var/log/mysql.log
40K /var/log/netatalk.log
0 /var/log/news
64K /var/log/proftpd.log
1008K /var/log/readynasd
892K /var/log/samba
5.6M /var/log/syslog
500K /var/log/user.log
100K /var/log/wtmp
112M totalroot@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/etc/default# du -csh /var/log/frontview/*
20K /var/log/frontview/backup
100K /var/log/frontview/cgi.log
192K /var/log/frontview/error.log
80K /var/log/frontview/http-access.log
20K /var/log/frontview/http-error.log
4.0K /var/log/frontview/initrd.log
956K /var/log/frontview/msmtp.log
3.7M /var/log/frontview/msmtp.log.old
248K /var/log/frontview/ssl_access.log
2.3M /var/log/frontview/ssl_access.log.old
492K /var/log/frontview/status.log
1.8M /var/log/frontview/status.log.old
9.7M total - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
# ls -la /apps
# systemctl restart mysqld
# du -csh /var/lib/* - rightsterAspirant
root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:~# ls -la /apps
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 94 Nov 25 10:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 314 Nov 10 16:02 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52 Oct 2 02:00 APPGENIE
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 12 2013 DO_NOT_DELETE
drwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 1290 Sep 1 12:26 .freeapps
drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 16 Dec 20 2013 .readydlna
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 132 Sep 29 11:31 smbplusroot@RIGHTSTER-NAS:~# systemctl restart mysqld
Failed to issue method call: Unit mysqld.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status mysqld.service' for details.root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:~# du -csh /var/lib/*
30M /var/lib/apt
20K /var/lib/connman
0 /var/lib/dbus
14M /var/lib/dpkg
0 /var/lib/ftp
0 /var/lib/initscripts
0 /var/lib/insserv
12M /var/lib/ldap
0 /var/lib/libuuid
4.0K /var/lib/mdadm
0 /var/lib/misc
726M /var/lib/mysql
8.0K /var/lib/nfs
0 /var/lib/nut
24K /var/lib/pam
0 /var/lib/php5
4.0K /var/lib/random-seed
4.0K /var/lib/readyNASVault.version
2.7M /var/lib/samba
0 /var/lib/slapd
0 /var/lib/snmp
0 /var/lib/sudo
0 /var/lib/systemd
148K /var/lib/ucf
0 /var/lib/update-rc.d
0 /var/lib/urandom
783M total - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredOops the service may be called mysql
# systemctl restart mysql
Why have you got one or more large MySQL databases stored on the OS partition? - rightsterAspirant
mdgm wrote: Oops the service may be called mysql
# systemctl restart mysql
Why have you got one or more large MySQL databases stored on the OS partition?
Ran the restart, I should have realised that it was mysql. Still at 93% used now.
Not sure what the db is doing there. Here's the list of them below. But all this still is accountable for in terms of the space. I can't account for all the space being used to try and free up any more space.
root@RIGHTSTER-NAS:/var/lib/mysql# ls -l
total 741380
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 20 2013 debian-5.5.flag
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 748683264 Dec 4 10:41 ibdata1
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Dec 4 10:41 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Dec 4 10:41 ib_logfile1
drwx------ 1 mysql root 2094 Dec 20 2013 mysql
-rw------- 1 root root 6 Dec 20 2013 mysql_upgrade_info
drwx------ 1 mysql mysql 868 Dec 20 2013 performance_schema
drwx------ 1 mysql mysql 96 Dec 20 2013 Syslog
drwx------ 1 mysql root 0 Dec 20 2013 test - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell you could move that onto the data volume and symlink to it.
Perhaps try restarting apache2 as well. - Same happened to me.
Without actively using the mysql database, it keeps growing without Limits - and is eating up the root Partition.
When I tried to uninstall some apps via the GUI, I ended up with no GUI!
Luckily I had enabled SSH so I could still log in and get things fixed.
My conclusion is that mysql should NOT be used and that it should be disabled.
Will copy all my data to a second RN 516 (I am a lucky man) and then to a fresh install of my first RN 516 which encountered the "root partion 81% full"
- Max - super_poussinVirtuosoThe MySQL version in my Dropbox relocate data in /apps so /var will not be full
Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk - nass06AspirantHi,
I have the same problem, root partition is full. I did a clean and a balance but still 88% using.
When I look into it I see file /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 is more than 2Go. So if I use the MySQL version in super-poussin Dropbox it will relocate data?
Also /var/ftp/ "regroup" all my data, it's a symlink? Ftp service is disable so why he keep a trace here? Maybe it's the source of the problem.
I have plex, sickbeard, sabnzbd, transmission and pyload installed.
Thank you
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