Re: [cobalt-users] VAR dir RaQ3. How big is too big?

["FantasticMoms.com" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your reply, Ted...

> At 10:41 PM 9/8/01, FantasticMoms.com wrote:
> >I was reading the thread about a full VAR and tried the DU command
(thanks
> >for that one!) and it seems some of my folders are fairly big.
> >
> >cache is 14M
> >lib is 5.2M
> >log is 3.4M
> >
> >My question is :  How big do these have to get before I worry about it,
and
> >when it reaches that stage, what do I do?
>
> Well, to throw Yet Another Useful Command at you, running 'df -h' will
show
> you your mounted partitions and how much space they're using.  My RaQ3's
> /var partition is 194MB, with 17MB used (mostly system logs and the
> /var/lib directory).  I'd recommend trying to keep it half free (or half
> used...), as filling up /var can lead to your syslog daemon gagging, which
> means your logging stops.

Thanks, I have made a note of that command and will bear (or is it bare?)
what you said in mind.


> I don't have anything in my /var/cache directory; do you run a proxy
server?

Erm, if I *do* I don't know about it.  I try to keep my RaQ setup as simple
as possible, because this is my first dedicated server and to be honest I am
a bit of a Bozo.  :o)