#troubleshooting

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Development

The Disk Is Full. The Files Are Gone.

The alert fires at 2:14 a.m. Disk usage on the app server is at 97%. You SSH in, half awake, and run the command everyone runs: ```bash df -h ``` ``` Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/nv...

2026.09.07 · 18 min read · views 507
The Disk Is Full. The Files Are Gone.
Development

The Disk Says It's Full. df Says It's Not.

It always happens at the worst possible moment. A deploy that ran fine yesterday hangs halfway through. The application starts throwing 500s. You SSH into the box, and there it is, sitting in the log ...

2026.08.26 · 20 min read · views 782
The Disk Says It's Full. df Says It's Not.
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