Re: [cobalt-users] getting low on memory message each morning at 4:00am

["Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > For the past couple of days, we have been getting a "your
> > cobalt is low on memory" message. When I run top, everything
> > looks fine. I checked my storage and this is what I have,
> > which does not look good for the / .
> >
> > 85% full /
> > 15% full /var
> > 18% full /home
> > How can I increase the root storage or is 85% full normal?
>
> To move stuff off / , do this (as root)
> mv /opt /home; ln -s /home/opt /opt
>
> This will move your /opt folder (which usally contains quite a bit of
stuff) into the /home directory (which has plenty of space). The second
command makes a symbolic link from /opt --> /home/opt
> Of course you can do this with other directories as well, but I generally
stay away from messing with /boot /etc /bin and /sbin.
> Vidar
> > Thanks
> > Tom

Low *memory* is unrelated to your disk *storage*.

If you increase your raq 4 memory to 1 gigabyte, or disable analog, that
will normally get rid of the warnings.



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