Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 12:44:21 +0400 From: Antonio Kless <antoniok.spb@gmail.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange diskspace loss Message-ID: <h2z3f1c29e71005040144x418e1327v562a1570f612e89b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4bdfdc4c.7uW1NWZG0Ilec22I%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <x2z3f1c29e71005032304rf7190596o7dcf0b5dd8be0bc3@mail.gmail.com> <4bdfdc4c.7uW1NWZG0Ilec22I%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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2010/5/4 <perryh@pluto.rain.com> > <antoniok.spb@gmail.com> wrote: > > > And the fsck: > > > > # fsck > ... > > ** /dev/aacdu0s1e (NO WRITE) > > ** Last Mounted on /var > > ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes > > ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames > > ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity > > ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts > > UNREF FILE I=23587 OWNER=root > > MODE=100644 > > SIZE=0 MTIME=Apr 9 13:36 > > 2010 > > CLEAR? > > no > > > > UNREF FILE I=3156011 OWNER=root MODE=100644 > > SIZE=6944766 MTIME=May 4 04:34 2010 > > CLEAR? no > > > > UNREF FILE I=3179521 OWNER=www MODE=100644 > > SIZE=30361665474 MTIME=May 4 09:43 2010 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > CLEAR? no > > There's at least part of your problem: 30GB that du can't see > because it isn't linked to by any directory entry. Something > associated with your web server has created a large scratch file, > which it still has open (and thus the space can't be reclaimed), > but it unlinked the file after creating it so that it would > automatically go away once the process dies. > > This sort of thing -- though seldom so large as this -- is not at > all uncommon in /tmp. It's less common, but (as in this case) not > unheard of, in /var/tmp. > So, in future, is there some sence to make /var, /var/log and /var/tmp on different partitions? I usually use only two - /var and /var/db/mysql on dedicated hard drive. -- Best regards, Antonio Kless, http://kless.spb.ru/
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