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    • A
      ast last edited by

      Hi!

      Just wondering if my pfsense memory and disk usage is normal.  I have attached a screen shot for reference.    What should I look at to decrease the disk usage?

      TIA!

      AST
      ![Screen Shot 2017-10-09 at 6.11.13 PM.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2017-10-09 at 6.11.13 PM.jpg)
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      • Gertjan
        Gertjan last edited by

        @ast:

        ….  What should I look at to decrease the disk usage?

        You with your pfSense where it was designed for : that's not, for example, being a web server.
        Icap/snort/squid/Clamav/dpinger/Bandwith/…. and you wonder why it burns cycles ?

        Remove all these - bring your system to "as the day it was delivered" and you will see it calm down ;)

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum.

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        • A
          ast last edited by

          @Gertjan:

          @ast:

          ….  What should I look at to decrease the disk usage?

          You with your pfSense where it was designed for : that's not, for example, being a web server.
          Icap/snort/squid/Clamav/dpinger/Bandwith/…. and you wonder why it burns cycles ?

          Remove all these - bring your system to "as the day it was delivered" and you will see it calm down ;)

          I understand that I'm letting my pfsense do a lot of things and asking for lessen the disk usage, but just wondering that maybe i can set the cache to back up less often? or delete cache every now and then?

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          • K
            kpa last edited by

            Set the maximum amount of disk cache to a lower value from what it's now set to.

            I'd still say you're worrying about nothing. It's only if the system runs out completely out of disk space when you have a real problem but that's not going to happen unless you do a gross misconfiguration and allocate more disk space for the cache than you actually have.

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              ast last edited by

              @kpa:

              Set the maximum amount of disk cache to a lower value from what it's now set to.

              I'd still say you're worrying about nothing. It's only if the system runs out completely out of disk space when you have a real problem but that's not going to happen unless you do a gross misconfiguration and allocate more disk space for the cache than you actually have.

              Hi!

              Thanks so much for this insight, greatly appreciated.  As 'I'm just a bit new to this, just want to make sure.

              Can I just ask, where I can configure the disk cache size?

              TIA!

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                ast last edited by

                Hi!

                For some weird reason, my disk usage jumped up to 106%,  how is that possible?  And also, can i ask on how I can "delete" some files to make room?

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