Tag: finding the reasons for overusing disk space

What files can be deleted when there is not enough disk space in Linux

Posted by Alex On February 23, 2022

There are situations when the disk space has run out completely and you need to urgently clean the disk and delete files. Disk space may run out even so that when trying to clear the installation package cache, the system will report an error (there is no place even to save the lock file), when trying to install ncdu to...

How to find out which process is causing high disk usage in Linux

Posted by Alex On October 18, 2021

Monitoring input and output operations Excessive load on the disk can be caused by such a reason as a virus infection or incorrect program settings. In any case, you need to start by identifying the process (program) that most reads and writes to disk. iotop – analog of top for tracking disk load in real time The top program allows...

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