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Zope Data.fs too large that I can't pack it anymore


My site's database grew too large that it can't even pack itself anymore. When I do pack it, it says that there's insufficient space.

I've tried deleting some files in the server but to no avail - the database itself just takes the whole disk space.

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How would I continue on from this point? The website is basically stuck since it can't add more data since the disk space is full.

Additional details

The server is on Ubuntu 11.10


Solution

  • After a few weeks, I returned to this problem and I have finally fixed it.

    It is similar to the idea of @MartijnPieters, but I approached the problem differently.

    My zope instance was in /dev/sda6, and that filesystem is full. I just increased the size from 27G to 60G and THEN I packed my Data.fs file.

    I used GParted on my machine but it's because /dev/sda6 is a native linux filesystem. If you're running LVMs, you might need to use resize2fs.