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[derek-CrUh67yIh4IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Derek Atkins)]

On Mon, June 14, 2010 2:00 pm, scottmarydavidsam-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> I've got two almost identical Linux systems (they're running VMWare ESX
> but
> for the purpose of this discussion, I need Linux help). Both systems have
> 5GB root partitions with separate /var/log and /vmfs (the special volumes
> where virtual machines are stored) partitions. One of the systems has a
> 100%
> in use root volume.Using the command:
> find / -mount -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \; | less
> I've found eleven files, nothing larger than 75M.
>
> I suspect there are a butt load of small (log?) or hidden files
> accumulating
> somewhere but I'm not sure how to find them. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> PS don't forget, I've got a separate /var/log volume so the problem is not
> there.

du -s is your friend?

find out where your usage is and bore down?   Maybe /tmp or /var/tmp?
Or /var/db?  /var/cache?  /var/run?

du -s will help narrow it down.

-derek