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Quick question: I deleted most of the content from my account (using FTP) but the control panel still shows that I am using more than ...

  1. 12-23-2004, 11:54 AM #1
    Greg_L
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    Disk usage

    Quick question: I deleted most of the content from my account (using FTP) but the control panel still shows that I am using more than 142mb.

    I checked using "du" and it shows that I am only using 30mb (logs, spamassasing and various other stuff)

    Is the value shown in the control panel updated after only a certain time or is something broken?

    Thanks.
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  2. 12-23-2004, 12:31 PM #2
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    Try the 'Disk Usage Viewer' in cPanel, and see what it says...

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  3. 12-23-2004, 12:34 PM #3
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    It seems to show the correct info. About 11mb in /public_html and another 10-12 in /temp

    So it's only the "disk usage" figure on the main CPanel page that off by 100mb.
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  4. 12-23-2004, 12:58 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg_L
    It seems to show the correct info. About 11mb in /public_html and another 10-12 in /temp

    So it's only the "disk usage" figure on the main CPanel page that off by 100mb.
    Yeah, that tends to be wildly inaccurate at times. For instance, a couple of weeks ago, it said I had only used like 27 MB of disk space. This week it say 859 MB which is closer to the truth.

    I don't know how cPanel calculates these totals...

    Hold on, I'll do a 'du'...
    • 'du' shows 908,212
    • The main cPanel page shows 825,890
    • 'Disk Usage Viewer' shows 1,454,520
    LoL! Take your pick.
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  5. 12-23-2004, 01:08 PM #5
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    I was just thinking...

    I did a backup using cPanel a couple of nights ago. This is basically a mirror of my entire site, even things I have no control over. Here's a screenshot of a test I did.



    If you'll notice, it is essentially the same as the 'Disk Usage Viewer.' I would say that's the true size of my site. However, I don't have any control over a lot of that stuff. I have control over 800-900 MB, and that's what my 'du' and the main cPanel page are showing.

    Having said that, there is a difference of almost 100 MB in my case too. So, I don't know what to tell you...
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  6. 12-23-2004, 01:19 PM #6
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    Thanks for your comments. Since I am in no danger of exceeding the 1gig limit I am not worrying too much.

    Just wanted to clear up what disk usage CPanel was showing.
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  7. 12-23-2004, 02:38 PM #7
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    I wouldn't blindly trust the info cPanel is giving out about our accounts. There has been "some" problems in the past and there's still "issues" here and there.
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