MySQL is a powerful and performant database engine that often suffers from performance issues due to misconfiguration. Obvious culprits for bottlenecks are available memory and CPU resources but disk ...

In this post, we’ll explore some of the best WinDirStat alternatives. WinDirStat is one of the most popular disk usage analyzer and cleanup tools that scans hard drives and generates detailed ...

I'm running a Lenovo Ideapad U530, made in 2014, and I experience sluggish browsing, with File Manager telling me that there's 100% Disk Usage, and with memory usage around 80 - 90%. I usually run ...

DFP is responsible for reporting Drive Usage statistics. Windows File Explorer does not report these stats. It is also responsible for displaying some basic disk usage stats in PC Settings > PC and ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and service failures.

When I first left the Big Blue OS behind for the world of Linux, I wallowed in guesses over how my disk space was filling up. One thing that was hard to replace from my Windows XP days was the ...

Disk quotas are a mechanism for limiting the amount of disk space and the number of files (inodes) that a user or a group of users can consume. These limits prevent individual users or services from ...

Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...

Which virtual disk format (fixed, dynamic or pass-through) is the right choice for your environment? We've got answers and some great maintenance tips. Choosing the right format for the right scenario ...

PV /dev/sda VG keith-vg lvm2 [119.24 GiB / 0 free] PV /dev/sdb1 VG keith-vg lvm2 [74.53 GiB / 784.00 MiB free] --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda VG Name keith-vg PV Size 119.24 GiB / not usable ...