2020-05-01 01:30:09 +00:00
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author: ~ben
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published: true
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title: disk usage tools and guidelines
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description: tips and tricks for keeping track of your disk usage on tilde.team and elsewhere
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category:
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- main
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---
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files tend to keep growing and growing until you run out of disk space all of a sudden.
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let's take a look at some tools to keep an eye on disk usage.
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2022-03-23 19:27:28 +00:00
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## tilde.team guidelines
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even though we have plenty of disk space to go around on tilde.team,
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we request that you keep your usage below 1 gb.
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a good rule of thumb is to consider if _all_ teammates
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were to use the same amount of resources and how that would affect
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the experience for everyone else.
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> as of march 2022, disk quotas will now be enforced.
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> 1gb soft limit where you will get reminded.
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> 3gb hard limit where you will no longer be able to write more files.
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admins regularly take a look at disk usage in `/home` and may
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request that you delete large or unnecessary files.
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please check with admins if you expect to use a lot of disk
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for a short period of time so we can adjust your quota temporarily.
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### quota
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run `quota` to see your current usage and grace period (if you're over).
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add `-s` to print using friendlier units.
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2020-05-01 01:30:09 +00:00
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### du
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`du` (short for `d`isk `u`sage) is the go-to tool.
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common switches include:
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* `-h`: human readable
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* `-s`: summarize
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* `-c`: total
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example:
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to see the disk usage of the current directory, run:
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du -sh
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check the manpage for more information and additional switches
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2022-03-23 19:27:28 +00:00
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2020-05-01 01:30:09 +00:00
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### ncdu
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`ncdu` (short for `nc`urses `d`isk `u`sage) is extremely useful for visualizing
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disk usage.
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call `ncdu` with no args to recurse starting in the current directory or
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pass a dir name to start there
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try it on your `$HOME` and see which files and dirs are taking up the most
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space.
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press `?` to see additional keybinds once you've started it up. you can change
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the sort order, open a shell, and delete files without closing the program.
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2022-03-23 19:27:28 +00:00
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2020-05-01 01:30:09 +00:00
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### df
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`df` (short for `d`isk `f`ree) lists mounted disks with usage, free space,
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and capacity. try it out from your shell to get a quick glance at total
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disk usage
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don't forget to use `-h` to get human readable units.
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