about storage space on the server

[kurban910]

i have rented a server. after i have got my account and password i transferred my files to it. they are :

[WHL@server Data_for_assembly]$ ls -Shlr
total 22G
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL  20K May 11 15:11 CK_clipped_log.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL  21K May 11 14:51 CD_clipped_log.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 325M May 11 14:51 CD_clipped_single.fq
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 355M May 11 15:11 CK_clipped_single.fq
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 2.8G May 11 14:51 CD_clipped_R2.fq
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 2.9G May 11 14:51 CD_clipped_R1.fq
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 4.0G May 11 15:11 CK_clipped_R1.fq
-rw-rw-r-- 1 WHL WHL 4.0G May 11 15:11 CK_clipped_R2.fq
-rw-r----- 1 WHL WHL 7.5G May 30 10:43 R1.fq
[WHL@server Data_for_assembly]$

once i cat my files and it showed

cat: write error: No space left on device

. then i realized i still did not know how much storage space i have given. then i typed this:

[WHL@server Data_for_assembly]$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3       167G  154G  4.2G  98% /
tmpfs          1010G   72K 1010G   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1       485M   41M  420M   9% /boot
/dev/sdb1       1.1T   97G 1016G   9% /data
/dev/sdc1        26T  2.7T   23T  11% /ds5020
[WHL@server Data_for_assembly]$

i am still new to Linux guys.

so my question here are:

the files i have transferred only is 21G , why it showed 154G is used? where is the other 133G space?

what is the other lines meaning for $ df -h commend above?
is it really the available space left now is only 4.2G? if so the files generated during the analysis could be more than 100G , then 4.2 G wont be merely enough for me ?

please, i really need some advice here?!!!!!!

[lindenb]

cross posted + closed : https://www.biostars.org/p/144496/

[GenoMax]

@kurban910: It appears that the partition "/dev/sda3" which you can access as "/" is nearly full. What you should check is a listing of that space.

$ ls -alth /

See what is taking up space there.

Simplest explanation may be that whatever you have installed on this server (software along with annotation/indexes/sequences etc). You must have put them in "/" directory hierarchy, instead of installing under /ds2050 where most of the space is.

As far what "df" means you can check the inline help by using the "man or info command"

$ man df

(press "q" key to exit the help menu).

If you are not familiar with UNIX then spend a few hours here: http://korflab.ucdavis.edu/Unix_and_...ent.html#part1

[kurban910]

hi @GenoMax,
thanks for your reply, admin did not give me the much space in my home directory, and i was not given the othority for /boot, /data and ds5020, but /dev/shm. anyway i used the spase acomplished my tesk, thanks.

[kurban910]

hi @lindenb,
sorry about the cross post, some times after i got the slotion for my problem i would kept the best answered one and delete the other. anyway, next time i will pay heed to that.

[GenoMax]

For academic interest what was taking up space on the "/" partition?