[cobalt-users] Root partition fills up under heavy load..

["MikeM" <MyRaQ@xxxxxxxxx>]

4WebSpace just posted a warning about this problem.
http://www.4webspace.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=429


Excerpts:

Administrators should be aware of a problem that we've been experiencing with raqs with heavy load. The root partition likes to fill up with log files and things of that nature and the process is accelerated when people install pkgs and move files to the /usr directory. ...

You can diagnose the problem by logging into the command line on your raq and typing df. This will show you the amount of space used by the "/" partition. If it is over 80% then you will have to take a few steps:
1) Type "locate web.cache" - this will find the web files that cobalt has been using to generate its online log data. One of the recent patches generates these files and they can become quite large. We are working with Cobalt to resolve this, but for now, we suggest moving each file to another directory on the /home partition and doing a symlink to it....