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Date:      08 Feb 2006 09:35:26 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Graham Bentley" <gbentley@uk2.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help on Tape Backups / Disc Space
Message-ID:  <44mzh1vryp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c62c03$49decca0$0807a8c0@admin>
References:  <000f01c62b47$44fc84f0$0807a8c0@admin> <44k6c78915.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <000a01c62c03$49decca0$0807a8c0@admin>

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"Graham Bentley" <gbentley@uk2.net> writes:

> >  Do you even know for sure that your backup was running at the 
> > time that the filesystem full messages were generated?
> 
> Unfortunatly not - the times are different so this could two
> unrelated issues.

That's exactly the point.  

> > Maybe.  At some point you filled /data up.  You don't have enough
> > information here to indicate why.
> 
> If you could indicate which information I would need would that help?

Your disk space usage.

> > You will probably want to keep closer track to understand your 
> > usage patterns better.
> 
> Any tips on how to do that ?

Look at your disk space usage more than once per day.
There are even ports to help you do that.



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