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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 175 points 1 year ago

Sysadmin pro tip: Keep a 1-10GB file of random data named DELETEME on your data drives. Then if this happens you can get some quick breathing room to fix things.

Also, set up alerts for disk space.

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even better, cron job every 5 mins and if total remaining space falls to 5% auto delete the file and send a message to sys admin

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

Sends a message and gets the services ready for potential shutdown. Or implements a rate limit to keep the service available but degraded.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Also, if space starts decreasing much more rapidly than normal.

[-] bug@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

At that point just set the limit a few gig higher and don't have the decoy file at all

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