knowledgebase/linux/misc/where has my disk space gone 1 Running Out of Disk Space? Run {code}du -sm /*{code}. That will tell you how much space is used by each top level directory. Given the results from there, drill down to the next level. e.g. du -sm /var/*. Then drill down further e.g. du -sm /var/log/*. Alternatively, run: {code}du -mxS / | sort -n | tail{code} That will drill down and find you the biggest few individual directories. Common big users of space are log files that keep growing and aren't truncated/rotated (e.g. with logrotate). /var/cache/apt/archives using up a lot of space? Run apt-get clean. That will clear out the rpm files that apt downloads when it installs new RPMs. Nine times out of ten most (possibly reclaimable) space is used up under /var or /home. /usr will typically be largeish (a GB or two) but its contents are typically required to run your server. Don't mess with /proc. If you need more disk space and you are on a RimuHosting VPS, just pop in a support ticket and let us know how much extra space you need. 2006-06-06 20:25:05.0 2006-02-23 12:58:21.0