Huge disk usage on development virtual machine running Centos 7
I'm using Centos7 virtual machine as development enviroment, actually, to host my local server and project files. All development is done on windows 10 with virtual machine attached as network storage.
Now, the problem is that it reports huge disk usage on it, when inspecting one file (any file) that is <1MB, it says space on disk to be 1.00 MB, making project that are around 70 or 80MB use sometimes more than 2GB of disk space.
Any idea what could be causing this and how can I fix it?
EDIT
More details: filesystem: NTFS, mixed projects including PHP, HTML, javascript (web and mobile apps using cordova) but I don't think how could programming languages affect this. Using apache2 as a web server. Protocol I don't have any idea. Virtualisation software is Oracle VirtualBox (latest).
linux centos storage
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
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I'm using Centos7 virtual machine as development enviroment, actually, to host my local server and project files. All development is done on windows 10 with virtual machine attached as network storage.
Now, the problem is that it reports huge disk usage on it, when inspecting one file (any file) that is <1MB, it says space on disk to be 1.00 MB, making project that are around 70 or 80MB use sometimes more than 2GB of disk space.
Any idea what could be causing this and how can I fix it?
EDIT
More details: filesystem: NTFS, mixed projects including PHP, HTML, javascript (web and mobile apps using cordova) but I don't think how could programming languages affect this. Using apache2 as a web server. Protocol I don't have any idea. Virtualisation software is Oracle VirtualBox (latest).
linux centos storage
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
1
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
1
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
1
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08
|
show 4 more comments
I'm using Centos7 virtual machine as development enviroment, actually, to host my local server and project files. All development is done on windows 10 with virtual machine attached as network storage.
Now, the problem is that it reports huge disk usage on it, when inspecting one file (any file) that is <1MB, it says space on disk to be 1.00 MB, making project that are around 70 or 80MB use sometimes more than 2GB of disk space.
Any idea what could be causing this and how can I fix it?
EDIT
More details: filesystem: NTFS, mixed projects including PHP, HTML, javascript (web and mobile apps using cordova) but I don't think how could programming languages affect this. Using apache2 as a web server. Protocol I don't have any idea. Virtualisation software is Oracle VirtualBox (latest).
linux centos storage
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
I'm using Centos7 virtual machine as development enviroment, actually, to host my local server and project files. All development is done on windows 10 with virtual machine attached as network storage.
Now, the problem is that it reports huge disk usage on it, when inspecting one file (any file) that is <1MB, it says space on disk to be 1.00 MB, making project that are around 70 or 80MB use sometimes more than 2GB of disk space.
Any idea what could be causing this and how can I fix it?
EDIT
More details: filesystem: NTFS, mixed projects including PHP, HTML, javascript (web and mobile apps using cordova) but I don't think how could programming languages affect this. Using apache2 as a web server. Protocol I don't have any idea. Virtualisation software is Oracle VirtualBox (latest).
linux centos storage
linux centos storage
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
edited Dec 20 '18 at 0:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
39k1479130
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
asked Oct 6 '17 at 12:49
Imaginaroom
1114
1114
Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
1
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
1
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
1
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08
|
show 4 more comments
Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
1
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
1
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
1
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08
Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
1
1
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
1
1
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
1
1
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08
|
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Looks like you're using an NTFS volume under Linux. If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS.
NTFS is not a primary filesystem for Linux in general, and it's supported via reverse-engineering in general.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:11
bayindirh
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Do not use dynamically allocated virtual disks that may couse of unexpected disk performance issues.
Use fixed size virtual disks to best performance.
Try to convert your disks.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
They are fixed size.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:42
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Looks like you're using an NTFS volume under Linux. If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS.
NTFS is not a primary filesystem for Linux in general, and it's supported via reverse-engineering in general.
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Looks like you're using an NTFS volume under Linux. If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS.
NTFS is not a primary filesystem for Linux in general, and it's supported via reverse-engineering in general.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:11
bayindirh
689418
add a comment |
Looks like you're using an NTFS volume under Linux. If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS.
NTFS is not a primary filesystem for Linux in general, and it's supported via reverse-engineering in general.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:11
bayindirh
689418
Looks like you're using an NTFS volume under Linux. If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS.
NTFS is not a primary filesystem for Linux in general, and it's supported via reverse-engineering in general.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:11
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Do not use dynamically allocated virtual disks that may couse of unexpected disk performance issues.
Use fixed size virtual disks to best performance.
Try to convert your disks.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
They are fixed size.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:42
add a comment |
Do not use dynamically allocated virtual disks that may couse of unexpected disk performance issues.
Use fixed size virtual disks to best performance.
Try to convert your disks.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
They are fixed size.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:42
add a comment |
Do not use dynamically allocated virtual disks that may couse of unexpected disk performance issues.
Use fixed size virtual disks to best performance.
Try to convert your disks.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
Do not use dynamically allocated virtual disks that may couse of unexpected disk performance issues.
Use fixed size virtual disks to best performance.
Try to convert your disks.
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
1,822129
answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
Egor Vasilyev
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answered Oct 6 '17 at 13:23
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They are fixed size.
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They are fixed size.
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They are fixed size.
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They are fixed size.
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Which filesystem do you use as network storage and what's the protocol? Also what are the virtual disk format and the virtualization software are you using?
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
1
So the development is done via a Windows client and the code is then built and run in the Centos environment? What stack is running n the Centos machine and what language are you developing in?
– Raman Sailopal
Oct 6 '17 at 12:52
@RamanSailopal I have added more details to the question itself.
– Imaginaroom
Oct 6 '17 at 13:01
1
@Imaginaroom, so you're using an NTFS volume under Linux? If that's the case, please don't do that. Format the volume either with ext4 or xfs on the CentOS side, and mount the driva via NFS or Samba to the Windows. NTFS is not well-supported under CentOS
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:05
1
@Imaginaroom To keep the question tidy, I'll write my comment is an answer, if that solves your problem, please accept it.
– bayindirh
Oct 6 '17 at 13:08