What to Do When a Server Disk Is Full? A Complete Linux Disk Troubleshooting Guide
This article explains why disk‑full issues cripple Linux servers, outlines the concepts of filesystem, LVM and inode space, and provides a step‑by‑step, layered method using df, du, find, lsof and logrotate to locate and safely free space, handle deleted‑but‑open files, clean logs, manage databases, temporary caches, Docker resources, and LVM volumes, and finally set up monitoring and preventive measures.
