[SunHELP] E3500 / partition is getting full

[Tim Bell]

Files found in /proc are the address spaces of running processes--not
standard UNIX files. Each filename is, in fact, just the PID of the
running processes. The most confusing part--the file's size--is actually
quite simple: It's the total amount of memory (image size) the process
uses. This amount doesn't represent actual bytes on disk, so you're not
losing precious disk space to the files under /proc. When you reboot it
just clears the address spaces of the running processes (AKA clears
memory), hence, /proc will be smaller. Periodically check what processes
are running(top). See if any of them are constantly taking up allot of
memory. Try to spot zombies, etc, etc. DO NOT TRY TO DELETE ANYTHING
FROM THIS DIRECTORY!

It's always a safe bet to increase memory.

But what do I know... I'm just some poor out of work sysad.
timmy!
tim at menus.com

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of Gurcan ERIM
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:31 PM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] E3500 / partition is getting full

Hi,

df -k shows E3500 / partition is 94% full. I searched for files to
delete
but nothing i can. I think /proc is creating problem, it seems very big.
Before i faced to same problem on another server and i had to reboot it,
after reboot df showed that / fs is half of previous. I think reboot is
cleaning something like it does for /tmp and i think that is /proc. 

There are 67 users and the uptime is 110 days for the server. 

I wonder if i have any other solution rather than reboot. 

Thanks for help.





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